parliament makes laws regarding taxation according to the english bill of rights.
parliament makes laws regarding taxation according to the english bill of rights.
english bill of rights who makes laws regarding taxation?
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the english bill of rights of 1689 emerged from a tempestuous period in english politics during which two issues were major sources of conflict: the authority of the king to govern without the consent of parliament, and the role of catholics in a country that was becoming ever more protestant. ultimately, the catholic james ii was overthrown in the glorious revolution, and his successors, the protestants william iii and mary ii, accepted the conditions that were codified in the bill. one of the issues the bill resolved was the authority of the king to disarm his subjects, after king charles ii and james ii had disarmed many protestants that were "suspected or knowne" of disliking the government, and had argued with parliament over his desire to maintain a standing (or permanent) army. the bill states that it is acting to restore "ancient rights" trampled upon by james ii, though some have argued that the english bill of rights created a new right to have arms, which developed out of a duty to have arms. in "district of columbia v. heller" (2008), the supreme court did not accept this view, remarking that the english right at the time of the passing of the english bill of rights was "clearly an individual right, having nothing whatsoever to do with service in the militia" and that it was a right not to be disarmed by the crown and was not the granting of a new right to have arms.
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there is some difference of opinion as to how revolutionary the events of 1688–89 actually were, and several commentators make the point that the provisions of the english bill of rights did not represent new laws, but rather stated existing rights. mark thompson wrote that, apart from determining the succession, the english bill of rights did "little more than set forth certain points of existing laws and simply secured to englishmen the rights of which they were already posessed ." before and after the english bill of rights, the government could always disarm any individual or class of individuals it considered dangerous to the peace of the realm. in 1765, william blackstone wrote the "commentaries on the laws of england" describing the right to have arms in england during the 18th century as a subordinate auxiliary right of the subject that was "also declared" in the english bill of rights.
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