Major milestones in rights development 0.0 / 5 ? Government & PoliticsDemocracyA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: kmules15Created on: 18-05-21 18:03 Magna Carta- 1215 - Agreement between King John and barons against King's abuse of power - Contained one of the earliest demands for assembly - Gave basic rights to King's subjects - Established the right for a fair trial - No taxation without consent 1 of 8 Bill of Rights- 1689 - Reaction to arbitrary rule of James II - Established sovereignty of parliament and its supremacy over monarchy - Terms include: - Regular parliamentary elections - Basic rights for citizens - Parliaments supremacy in taxation and legislation 2 of 8 Acts of Settlement- 1701 - Reinforced 1689 Bill of Rights - Main aim = ensure a Protestant succession to the throne - Exclude James II and his heirs - Established right of parliament to determine the line of succession to the throne 3 of 8 Acts of Union- 1707 - United England and Scotland (both shared a monarch since 1603 but had seperate Parliaments - Both now had one parliament based in Westminster - 1997, Tony Blair's New Labour government passed legislation to set up a Scottish Parliament 4 of 8 Acts of Parliament 1911 + 1949 - Assertd supremacy of House of Commons over House of Lords - Limited its power of veto - 1911 Act- banned the delaying of money bills + non- financial bills could be delayed by two years - 1949 Act- limited the veto period from two years to one 5 of 8 European Communities Act- 1972 - Took Britain into the European Economic Community (Edward Heath) - Meant EU law took precedence over UK law - Act is expected to be repealed after Brexit 6 of 8 Human Rights Act- 1998 - Incorporated the European Convention of Human Rights into UK law - Established: - Right to life, security and liberty - Right to a fair trial - Right for privacy and a private life etc 7 of 8 Devolution Acts- 1999 - Devolved power from Parliament to new assmeblies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - 2014 IndyRef saw independence defeat for Scotland but topic of Scottish independence doesn't go away - Devolution addresses the problem of over centralisation of power in parliament 8 of 8
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