Some 55% of Australians backed the status quo, while 45% voted to scrap the constitutional monarchy.
Before Gadhafi's coup in 1969, Libya was a constitutional monarchy with a parliament, constitution and king.
Bhutan is now a constitutional monarchy, and its fifth king was coronated this month.
Many protesters want a full constitutional monarchy, with more powers transferred from the king.
Royalists, on the other hand, say the enduring constitutional monarchy is a tribute to the nation's historical legacy.
Although Jordan is theoretically a constitutional monarchy, its parliament has always acted on the initiative of the king.
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In Baghdad, Sharif Ali's Constitutional Monarchy Movement has been busy preparing his welcome.
In a July 2011 referendum, a new Moroccan constitution established a constitutional monarchy, akin to that of Sweden or Great Britain.
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In 1791, a liberal bill of rights reforming gentry-ruled Poland and setting up a constitutional monarchy, was signed by King Stanislaw Augustus.
Thailand itself transitioned from an absolute monarchy to a democratic constitutional monarchy.
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The end-point of a particular society will depend upon its history and may be a constitutional monarchy like Jordan and Britain, or a full democracy.
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Most Shias voted keenly in elections in 2006, despite a boycott by Shia factions demanding fairer rules, fuller rights and a transition to constitutional monarchy.
The book is a collection of essays by Australian writers, lawyers and academics seeking to ignite fresh debate on the constitutional monarchy in an election year.
An admirer, like many 18th-century Frenchmen, of British institutions, he believed in constitutional monarchy, individual liberties and a free press, although democracy was beyond his horizon.
Botros was a rebel, though within limits: he thought the collapsing Ottoman empire could be saved as a constitutional monarchy, a state composed of many nations.
Some criticized Mr. Howard's approach at the time for alienating a number of republicans who opposed his alternative, and thus chose not to vote in favor of ending the constitutional monarchy.
Since the modern nation state's founding in 1932, Thailand has been served by a constitutional monarchy and is the only country in Southeast Asia to avoid coming under European colonial rule.
To uphold and respect the constitutional monarchy of Thailand.
England at the time could in no sense be described as a democracy, but the idea of accountability was entrenched at all levels of society by centuries of the common law, creating the political conditions for a constitutional monarchy and a dynamic economy.
The Founders disdained both democracy and monarchy, crafting instead a constitutional republic.
It is with the idea of stripping the monarchy of all its remaining constitutional powers that the Demos authors lose touch with logic.
Its main character, a bumbling and backwards cleric often depicted in compromising scenarios, resonated with countries grappling with the thorny issue of modernization -- particularly Iran, where Molla Nasreddin's first year of publication coincided with the Constitutional Revolution, an attempt to reform Iran's monarchy.
Yet unease is growing about the monarchy's direction, particularly its reluctance to enact constitutional reforms that would reduce the monarch's power in favour of elected institutions such as the parliament.
But if the monarchy is to be retained, it must surely retain its reserve powers and its constitutional role.
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