Lesson 27: What Are Bills of Rights and What Kinds of Rights Does the U.S. Bill of Rights Protect?
Abolition of Star Chamber
The Star Chamber was a court that heard criminal and civil cases against prominent Englishmen, who, it was believed, would not receive a fair trial in the regular courts. In 1641, it was abolished by Parliament after controversial incidents with religious dissenters.
Link: http://www.lonang.com/exlibris/organic/1641-asc.htm
Airline Passenger Bill of Rights
An airline passenger bill of rights would guarantee that certain conditions are met at various stages of airline travel.
Link: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-213
Bill of Rights (1791): The original 12 proposed amendments
James Madison originally submitted 17 amendments to become the Bill of RIghts. All were passed by the House of Representatives, but only 12 were passed by the Senate and the states ratified 10 of them.
Link: http://www.constitution.org/billofr_.htm
Bill of Rights, as submitted for ratification
The Bill of Rights as it was submitted to the states for ratification. It included a preamble and ten proposed amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Link: https://bit.ly/2odaRsY
Constitution of South Africa
From WIkipedia: The Constitution of South Africa is the supreme law of the country of South Africa. It provides the legal foundation for the existence of the Republic of South Africa, sets out the rights and duties of the citizens of South Africa, and defines the structure of the Government of South Africa.
Link: http://tinyurl.com/ykpqtn8
English Bill of Rights 1689
Act passed by the British Parliament in 1689 enumerating rights of British subjects and residents.
Link: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/england.asp
English Translation of Magna Carta
English translation of Magna Carta
Link: http://www.constitution.org/eng/magnacar.htm
Federalist No. 84
From Wikipedia: Federalist No. 84, titled, "Certain General and Miscellaneous Objections to the Constitution Considered and Answered," was written by Alexander Hamilton and asserted that the Bill of RIghts was not a necessary component of the proposed constitution.
Link: http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa84.htm
James Madison Speech to Congress on the Proposed Bill of Rights
Madison's speech proposing a Bill of Rights and the text of the proposed rights.
Link: https://bit.ly/2PDvhbh
Magna Carta
From Wikipedia: Magna Carta, is an English legal charter, originally issued in 1215. Magna Carta required King John to proclaim certain rights, respect certain legal procedures, and accept that his will could be restricted by the law.
Link: http://www.constitution.org/eng/magnacar.htm
Massachusetts Body of Liberties, 1641
From Wikipedia: The Massachusetts Body of Liberties was the first legal code to be established by European colonists in New England.
Link: https://history.hanover.edu/texts/masslib.html
Patient's Bill of Rights
From Wikipedia: A patient's bill of rights is a statement of the rights to which patients are entitled as recipients of medical care.
Link: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s107-1052
Petition of Right
From Wikipedia: The Petition of Right is a major English constitutional document, which sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing.
Link: http://www.britannia.com/history/docs/petition.html
United States Bill of Rights
From Wikipedia: In the United States, the Bill of Rights is the name by which the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known. They were introduced by James Madison to the First United States Congress in 1789 as a series of articles, and came into effect on December 15, 1791, when they had been ratified by three quarters of the states.
Link: http://www.constitution.org/billofr_.htm
United States Constitution
The supreme law of the United States that provides the framework for the government. The Constitution outlines the nation's institutions of government and the most important rights of the people. The document was created in 1787 during the Philadelphia Convention. The government created by the Constitution took effect on March 4, 1789.
Link: http://civiced.org/constitution
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
From Wikipedia: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. The Declaration arose directly from the experience of World War II and represents the first global expression of rights to which all human beings are respectfully entitled.
Link: http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Link: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/virginia.asp
