Ex-nihilo: The Usurpers of Europe's Thrones

This work constitutes a historical and juridical analysis of the legitimacy of ten presently reigning monarchies of Europe. Against each of them, the author applies the classical criteria of dynastic law — principles forged by the European legal tradition over the course of centuries: native birth (indigenat), equality of marriages, dynastic continuity, the lawfulness of the acquisition of power, and conformity to the fundamental principles of succession. At the heart of this inquiry lies a single, sober question: do the modern European dynasties possess lawful grounds to occupy their thrones? Country by country, in measured sequence, the circumstances of their accession …