English Bill of Rights

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The English Bill of Rights is a 1689 act of the English Parliament that limited the powers of the monarchy, affirmed certain civil liberties, and helped establish principles of constitutional government and the rule of law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament ⓘ
constitutional document ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
alsoKnownAs An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown ⓘ
Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
appliesTo subjects of the English Crown ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateEnacted 1689-12-16 ⓘ
establishedPrinciple freedom of speech in Parliament ⓘ
frequent parliaments should be held ⓘ
independence of the judiciary implied ⓘ
monarch may not levy taxes without grant of Parliament ⓘ
monarch may not suspend laws without consent of Parliament ⓘ
prohibition of cruel and unusual punishments ⓘ
prohibition of excessive bail ⓘ
prohibition of excessive fines ⓘ
right of Protestants to have arms for their defence within the rule of law ⓘ
right to petition the monarch ⓘ
followedBy Act of Settlement 1701 ⓘ
historicalPeriod Glorious Revolution ⓘ
influenced United States Bill of Rights ⓘ
linked to: Bill of Rights

constitutional monarchy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
development of liberal democracy ⓘ
human rights law traditions in common law countries ⓘ
inspiredBy Declaration of Right 1689 ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect confirmed that the Crown could not maintain a standing army in peacetime without parliamentary consent ⓘ
restricted royal interference in parliamentary elections ⓘ
legalStatus statute ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of England ⓘ
limitedPowerOf English monarchy ⓘ
locationSigned Westminster ⓘ
linked to: London, England
mainPurpose to affirm certain rights and liberties of subjects ⓘ
to limit the powers of the monarchy ⓘ
to regulate the succession to the English throne ⓘ
monarchInvolved Mary II of England ⓘ
William III of England ⓘ
partOf United Kingdom constitutional law ⓘ
precededBy Glorious Revolution of 1688 ⓘ
linked to: Glorious Revolution
setsOut conditions for accepting William III and Mary II as joint sovereigns ⓘ
strengthenedPowerOf Parliament of England ⓘ
subject civil liberties ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
yearEnacted 1689 ⓘ

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United States Constitution → influencedBy → English Bill of Rights ⓘ
Anne, Queen of Great Britain → causeOfSuccession → Glorious Revolution settlement ⓘ
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Magna Carta → influenced → English Bill of Rights ⓘ
British monarch → furtherDefinedBy → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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English Bill of Rights → alsoKnownAs → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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English Bill of Rights → alsoKnownAs → An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown ⓘ
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English Bill of Rights → inspiredBy → Declaration of Right 1689 ⓘ
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Petition of Right 1628 → influenced → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Stuart period → significantEvent → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Act of Settlement 1701 → predecessorLaw → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Crown in right of the United Kingdom → constitutionalDocumentsInclude → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Glorious Revolution → resultedIn → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Glorious Revolution → legalInstrument → Declaration of Right 1689 ⓘ
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Glorious Revolution → legalInstrument → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Bill of Rights → influencedBy → English Bill of Rights of 1689 ⓘ
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Habeas Corpus Act 1679 → relatedTo → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Queen of Grenada → successionLaw → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Queen of Solomon Islands → successionLaw → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Parliament of England → significantEvent → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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English law → hasKeyStatute → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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William III of England → associatedWithDocument → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Virginia Declaration of Rights → precededBy → English Bill of Rights ⓘ
Queen of New Zealand → successionLaw → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Declaration of Rights (Massachusetts) → inspiredBy → English Bill of Rights of 1689 ⓘ
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Petition Clause → historicalInfluence → English Bill of Rights of 1689 ⓘ
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British monarchy → successionLaw → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Declaration of Indulgence → repealedBy → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Succession to the Crown Act 2013 → amends → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Bloodless Revolution → hasEffect → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Bloodless Revolution → legalDocument → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Toleration Act 1689 → relatedTo → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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The Immortal Seven → relatedTo → English Bill of Rights ⓘ
English Whigs → supportedDocument → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Claim of Right Act 1689 (Scotland) → relatedTo → Bill of Rights 1689 (England and Wales) ⓘ
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His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 → relatedLegislation → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution → inspiredBy → English Bill of Rights of 1689 ⓘ
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House of Commons of England → associatedWithLegalInstrument → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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United Kingdom Acts of Parliament → includesNotableExample → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Constitution of the United Kingdom → includes → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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King of England → constitutionalDocument → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Virginia Constitution of 1776 → influencedBy → English Bill of Rights ⓘ
Royal Succession Act 2013 (New Zealand) → relatedTo → Bill of Rights 1688 (as applied in New Zealand) ⓘ
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Convention Parliament of 1689 → significantAct → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Declaration for Liberty of Conscience → followedBy → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Declaration of Right → followedBy → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Declaration of Right → relatedTo → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Declaration of Right → partOf → English constitutional settlement of 1689 ⓘ
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contributed to invitation to William of Orange → hasOutcome → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Mutiny Act → relatedTo → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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Legal history of the United Kingdom → includesEvent → Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
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