On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, John Francis wrote: > frank theriault mused: > > > > But if England and Canada aren't democracies by > > your definition (since their constitutions prevent the majority from > > oppressing the minority), and they aren't republics (having a > > non-elected monarch), then what are they? > > They're what is generally referred to as "parliamentary democracies", > just as the system of government in the USA (and France, and ...) > are known as "democratic republics".
I fort the UK was a "constitutional monarchy"? Or is that summat else? Chris
