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  1. Basic forms of government. A federal monarchy, in the strict sense, is a federation of states with a single monarch as overall head of the federation, but retaining different monarchs, or having a non-monarchical system of government, in the various states joined to the federation.

  2. constitutionalism. monarchy. constitutional monarchy, system of government in which a monarch ( see monarchy) shares power with a constitutionally organized government. The monarch may be the de facto head of state or a purely ceremonial leader. The constitution allocates the rest of the government’s power to the legislature and judiciary.

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  4. Definition and Examples. A constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch—typically a king or queen—acts as the head of state within the parameters of a written or unwritten constitution. In a constitutional monarchy, political power is shared between the monarch and a constitutionally organized government such as a ...

  5. Abstract: Constitutional monarchies are commonly seen as anachronisms, vestiges that are doomed to disappear. Yet one in five countries today is a constitutional monarchy. This paper provides a definition and typology of constitutional monarchy, and explains why constitutional monarchy may be stable in a world in which most countries are republics.

  6. The three constitutional monarchs of the Scandinavian kingdoms of Sweden, Norway & Denmark gathered in November 1917 in Oslo. From left to right: Gustaf V, Haakon VII & Christian X. A meeting in the Japanese privy council in 1946 led by Hirohito. Constitutional monarchy may refer to a system in which the monarch acts as a non-party political ...

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