English Bill of Rights 1689

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/English_Bill_of_Rights_1689
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:Northern_Ireland_(in_part)
gptkb:England
gptkb:Wales
Scotland (in part)
gptkbp:archivedAt gptkb:UK_Parliamentary_Archives
gptkbp:category Human rights instruments
1689 in England
1689 in law
English constitutional law
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1689
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Act_of_Settlement_1701
gptkbp:fullTitle gptkb:An_Act_Declaring_the_Rights_and_Liberties_of_the_Subject_and_Settling_the_Succession_of_the_Crown
gptkbp:guarantees freedom of speech in Parliament
right to petition the monarch
free elections to Parliament
gptkbp:hasSection right to bear arms for Protestants
freedom from arbitrary arrest
freedom from fines and forfeitures without trial
prohibition of royal interference with the law
prohibition of taxation without Parliament's consent
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label English Bill of Rights 1689
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:United_States_Bill_of_Rights
gptkb:Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citizen
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:locationEnacted gptkb:England
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Petition_of_Right
gptkbp:prohibits standing army in peacetime without Parliament's consent
cruel and unusual punishment
excessive bail
gptkbp:purpose affirm rights of Parliament
guarantee certain civil rights
limit powers of the monarch
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Glorious_Revolution
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Declaration_of_Indulgence
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Mary_II_of_England
gptkb:William_III_of_England
gptkbp:status partially in force
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bills_of_Rights_in_the_Common_Law
gptkb:Eighth_Amendment_(U.S.)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7