Chugaev V.V. The problem of delimitation of the authority of The Crown, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and the Cabinet of the United Kingdom of the late XVII and early XIX centuries

Abstract: The subject of this research is the problem of delimitation of the state authority of The Crown in the process of interaction with Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council and the Cabinet of the United Kingdom during the late XVII and early XIX centuries. The object of this research is the direct power relations between separate holders of the British Crown in the period ranging from the end of the XVII and beginning of the XIX centuries, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council and the Cabinet of the United Kingdom in the area of realization of state policy and lobbying of the interests of The Crown in the House of Commons. A special attention is given to the issue of legal responsibility of ministers for the advice given to The Crown. The Great Britain during 1689 and 1832 represents a monarchical state with authoritarianist political regime, signs of which began to be manifested from the moment William III of England ascended to the throne. We cannot speak to the vividly expressed people’s power with regards to this period. The lack of legal mechanisms of direct public control practically reduced the control mechanism to a mechanism of reaching a compromise between The Crown and the House of Commons. The House of Commons was a fictitious representative branch of the legislative authority, mostly structuring its relations with the Cabinet, which expressed the will of the Crown, based on compromise.   

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