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The Petition of Right, passed on 7 June 1628, is an English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state, reportedly of equal value to Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights 1689. [1]
Some of the most important constitutional records of the United Kingdom are stored by the Archives, including the Petition of Right (1628), the Death Warrant of Charles I (1649), the Habeas Corpus Act 1679, the draft and final Bill of Rights (1689), the Slave Trade Act (1807 and 1833), the Great Reform Act (1832), and successive Representation ...
Volume 1: File:Edward Coke, The First Part of the Institvtes of the Lawes of England (1st ed, 1628).pdf; Volume 2: File:Edward Coke, The Second Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England (1st ed, 1642).pdf; Volume 3: File:Edward Coke, The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England (1st ed, 1644).pdf
the Bill of Rights 1689 assented to by King William III and Queen Mary II; the Act of Settlement 1701; Blackstone's list was an 18th-century constitutional view, and the Union of the Crowns had occurred in 1603 between Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland, and the 1628 Petition of Right had already referred to the fundamental laws being ...
Once assembled, the Commons indicated that it would vote the King five subsidies in return for his acceptance of a Petition of Right, [2] confirming the rights of the individual as against the divine right of the King. After much debate, prevarication and delay, the King finally backed down and gave his assent to the petition in such a way it ...
A bill of rights, sometimes called a declaration of rights or a charter of rights, is a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country. The purpose is to protect those rights against infringement from public officials and private citizens. [1] Bills of rights may be entrenched or unentrenched. An entrenched bill of rights cannot ...
Volume 2: File:Edward Coke, The Second Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England (1st ed, 1642).pdf; Volume 3: File:Edward Coke, The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England (1st ed, 1644).pdf; Volume 4: File:Edward Coke, The Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England (1st ed, 1644).pdf
The right to petition government for redress of grievances is the right to make a complaint to, or seek the assistance of, one's government, without fear of punishment or reprisals. The right can be traced back to the Bill of Rights 1689 , the Petition of Right (1628) , and Magna Carta (1215) .