... time is legally left in the hands of the Crown." It is true that the revolution in 1688 and the subsequent Bill of Rights and the 1700 Act of Settlement restricted the monarch in new ways. The Crown prerogative that exists today is the last vestige (or 'residue') of what was once a much wider authority. William Blackstone classified the rule of law into three parts: statutory power; powers all citizens enjoy and the Crown's powers. Wade similarly divides this into three: the prerogative; statutory and others. It must be noted that whilst the prerogative has many arbitrary or discretionary powers, the Crown cannot override or superseded any statute. The prerogative is not amenable to judicial review. William Blackstone, somewhat contrarily to Dicey, intimates: "The prerogative is that special pre-eminence which the King enjoys beyond the oridnary course of common law unique and eccentricall to him." With regard to the prerogative and the ...

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