The Visible Crown
Queen Elizabeth II and the Caribbean, 1952 to the present
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Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery
The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery has been established at UCL with the generous support of the Hutchins Center at Harvard. The Centre builds on two earlier projects based at UCL tracing the impact of slave-ownership on the formation of modern Britain: the ESRC-funded Legacies of British Slave-ownership project (2009-2012), and the ESRC and AHRC-funded Structure and significance of British Caribbean slave-ownership 1763-1833 (2013-2015).
This Insight looks at the background to that move and how a Commonwealth Realm ceases being a constitutional monarchy.
Barbados farewells the Queen—any lessons for Australia?
In November, Barbados, a tiny Caribbean island, replaced the Queen as its head of state with a Barbadian president. How did Barbados succeed where Australia failed and what does it mean to be a republic in the Commonwealth?
Photo by Serge Lemoine on Getty Images
Barbados becomes a republic
The first President of Barbados takes office on 30 November, 55 years after the country became independent from the United Kingdom and completing its transition to a republic.
This Insight looks at the background to that move and how a Commonwealth Realm ceases being a constitutional monarchy.
Belize Independence 40th Anniversary: digitised documents relating to the constitution now available
On the 40th anniversary of Belizean Independence, the National Assembly of Belize has digitised a collection of documents from 1981 relating to the Constitution. These include the White Paper on the Proposed Constitution of Belize, the Report of the Joint Select Committee on the proposed terms of the constitution of an independent Belize, the countrywide consultations by district and the subsequent debates in the House and the Senate.
Photo by Meritt Thomas on Unsplash
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