Читать книгу A Concise History of the Common Law - Theodore F. T. Plucknett - Страница 64

The principal portions of the Bill of Rights⁴ are as follows:

“That the pretended power of suspending of laws, or the execution of laws, by regall authority, without consent of Parlyament is illegall.

“That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws, by regall authoritie, as it hath beene assumed and exercised of late, is illegall.

“That the commission for erecting the late Court of Commissioners for Ecclesiasticall Causes, and all other commissions and courts of like nature, are illegall and pernicious.

“That levying money for or to the use of the Crowne by pretence of prerogative, without grant of Parlyament for longer time or in other manner than the same is or shall be granted, is illegall.

“That it is the right of the subject to petition the King, and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegall.

“That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdome in time of peace, unless it be with consent of Parlyament, is against law.

“That the subjects which are Protestants may have arms for their defence suitable to their conditions, and as allowed by law.

“That elections of members of Parlyament ought to be free.

“That the freedome of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parlyament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parlyament.

“That excessive baile ought not to be required nor excessive fines imposed; nor cruell and unusuall punishment inflicted.

“That jurors ought to be duely impannelled and returned, and jurors which passe upon men in trialls for high treason ought to be freeholders.

“That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction, are illegal and void.

“And that for redresse of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserveing of the lawes, Parlyament ought to be held frequently.

“And they doe claime, demand, and insist upon all and singular the premisses, as their undoubted rights and liberties; and that noe declarations, judgments, doeings or proceedings, to the prejudice of the people in any of the said premisses, ought in anywise to be drawne hereafter into consequence or example.”