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Full Idea
The 1689 Bill of Rights said the monarch could not create new courts of law, or act as a judge at law.
Gist of Idea
The 1689 Bill of Rights denied the monarch new courts, or the right to sit as judge
Source
John Charvet (Liberalism: the basics [2019], 02)
Book Ref
Charvet,John: 'Liberalism: the basics' [Routledge 2019], p.9
A Reaction
The background was the abolition of the court of Star Chamber in 1641, which had been secret, severe, and controlled by the monarch. Is it possible to create a new type of court, or are we stuck with the current ones?
22824 | Magna Carta forbids prison without trial, and insists on neutral and correct process [-, by Charvet] |
422 | The people should fight for the law as if for their city-wall [Heraclitus] |
7810 | The 'Eumenides' of Aeschylus shows blood feuds replaced by law [Aeschylus, by Grayling] |
22551 | Correct law should be in control, with rulers only deciding uncertain issues [Aristotle] |
22554 | It is said that we should not stick strictly to written law, as it is too vague [Aristotle] |
2827 | It is preferable that law should rule rather than any single citizen [Aristotle] |
19891 | Rule of law is superior to autonomy, because citizens can see what is expected [Hooker,R] |
22827 | Justice superior to the rule of law is claimed on behalf of the workers, or the will of the nation [Charvet] |
22823 | The rule of law is mainly to restrict governments [Charvet] |
22826 | From 1701 only parliament could remove judges, whose decisions could not be discussed [Charvet] |
22825 | The 1689 Bill of Rights denied the monarch new courts, or the right to sit as judge [Charvet] |
22828 | The rule of law mainly benefits those with property and liberties [Charvet] |