Your reading material identifies a double standard which is frequently in place with regard to rules of . A. Law
B. Ethics
C. Courtesy
D. All of the above

in an absolute  monarchy, the  monarchrules as an autocrat, with absolutepower  over the state and government — for example, the right to rule by decree, promulgate laws, and impose punishments. the  monarch isnominally sovereign but the electorate, through their legislature, exercise political sovereignty.

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