Treasonable and Seditious Practices Act 1817

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The Treasonable and Seditious Practices Act 1817 was a British law passed during the post-Napoleonic period to suppress radical political dissent and restrict expressions deemed threatening to the monarchy and government.

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instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
British statute
aimedAt political agitators
radical reformers
appliesTo Great Britain
other forms of political expression
political writings
public speeches
associatedWith suspension of habeas corpus in 1817
country United Kingdom
criminalized expressions deemed seditious
expressions deemed treasonable
dateEnacted 1817
historicalPeriod Regency era
impact contributed to a climate of political repression
limited open advocacy of radical reform
jurisdiction Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
language English
legalArea sedition law
treason law
legalStatus historical statute
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
monarchAtEnactment George III of the United Kingdom
surface form: George III
motivatedBy concern about revolutionary ideas from France
government fear of radicalism
partOf repressive legislation of 1817
passedDuring post-Napoleonic period
politicalContext fear of revolution in Britain
post-Napoleonic War unrest
primeMinisterAtEnactment Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
surface form: Lord Liverpool
purpose to restrict expressions deemed threatening to the government
to restrict expressions deemed threatening to the monarchy
to suppress radical political dissent
relatedTo British sedition law
British treason law
Seditious Meetings Act 1795
surface form: Seditious Meetings Act 1817
restricted freedom of expression
political speech
startTime 1817
strengthened laws against sedition
laws against treason
subjectOf historical studies of civil liberties in Britain
scholarship on post-Napoleonic repression
targeted meetings and publications critical of the government
meetings and publications critical of the monarchy
typeOfRestriction political speech restriction
press and publication restriction

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Seditious Meetings Act 1819 relatedTo Treasonable and Seditious Practices Act 1817
Blasphemous and Seditious Libels Act 1819 relatedTo Treasonable and Seditious Practices Act 1817
this entity surface form: Treason Act 1817
London Corresponding Society associatedWithLaw Treasonable and Seditious Practices Act 1817
this entity surface form: Treasonable Practices Act 1795
later Treason Acts relatedTo Treasonable and Seditious Practices Act 1817
this entity surface form: Treason Act 1817 (Ireland)