What Made The Laws And How Did The People Who Created The Law?

The parliamentary system allowed kings to be more aware of the different regions and customs of the population, therefore allowing them to have more freedoms. Also, the gentry could advise the king on issues such as war and taxes so he would know what is unfair to the population, where if he was absolute, he could make whatever tax he wanted. Parliament also allowed for the separation of power into judicial and legislative branches, further strengthening the government because the two areas would not be headed solely by the monarch. Structures such as the Bill of Rights and the system of checks allowed constitutional monarchies to rule more efficiently at the end of the 17th century and on to the

Laws are created to maintain order and to allow people to live at peace with one and other. Laws also serve as a guarantee that people will be able to enjoy certain rights which are outlined in the laws created as well as protect the people from governmental bully. The Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights are both important documents which were written to outline laws that those in power must abide by in order to give rights to citizens. Both documents changed history. In this paper, I will compare and contrast both the Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights-mainly the first ten amendments, in terms of who were making demands, what rights they were demanding, as well as who benefitted from those demands.

The King in his right mind has total control and power of the colonies and can do whatever he deems necessary to control them. With that said, The king of that time, not thinking about the peoples feelings went ahead and instead of making the people happy did whatever he could to make the government better. Which in the long run was to make money. Well every time the king mad a law to make up for another law that the people didn’t like, it

How does a bill become a law? There are quite a number of steps in order for a bill to become a law. A bill is a legislative proposal that must be passed by House, Senate, and the President in order to become a law. Once an idea for a bill is written and well developed, any member of Congress can make an official introduction. There are two types of bills; public that deals with matters of the general public, and private which is specific to an individual or an organization. These often relate to naturalization issues and immigration. Afterwards, the committee takes action, debates the bill, and votes. Based on their actions the bill will be referred to Senate and sent to the President. After all these are done, the bill will either become

Rulers of European countries during the 17th century had almost unlimited autonomy over their respective countries. They were the head of government in all respects, and all decisions were eventually made by them. However, along with this autonomy came responsibility in the form of the people. If the decisions of these rulers did not improve the country, the possibility existed that their power would be either curbed or taken away by the people. As ruler of England in the early 17th century, Charles Stuart believed strongly in absolute power and a king’s divine right to rule. He believed that a king was given his power by God and therefore had no reason to answer to the people. The Parliament in England at the time

The laws were taxes, used to pay of British debt from previous wars. Britain closed of a major port and made sales

Parliament is the government of England and is made up of people who help King George III write the laws. Charles Townshend was a member of Parliament and created the Townshend Act in order to raise money for England. Also, there were other acts including the Stamp Act, the Sugar Act, and the Tea Act. King George then sent more British soldiers to America to help enforce Parliament’s Acts.

England’s lengthy history of hereditary monarchs and abusive absolutists has led to the system of constitutionalism in 17th century English government. The encouragement of these absolutism practices triggered the need to search for a new way to govern. The reigns of the Stuart monarchy led to the shift from absolutism to constitutionalism during 17th century England. After witnessing the success of Louis XIV's of France establishment of absolutism, England would soon see that James I, and his son Charles I, will fail at establishing absolutism in England and see a constitutional government established.

Britain’s government had kings, queens, laws, and punishments for outlaws. Elizabeth was the queen of England from 1558 to 1603. She became a queen after Mary I and Philip 47. James I son of Mary I ruled from 1603 to 1625 after the death of Elizabeth. Charles I ruled after James I. Charles ruled from 1625 to 1649. The laws were that you can’t kill, you can’t steal, you can’t assault someone, you

In 17th century France, Louis XIV ruled as an absolutist monarch with few checks to his dominion. Louis ignored the French Parliament, taxing French people as a source of income. This weakened the Parliament’s power and it was no longer a powerful entity in the French political system. At a certain point, Louis removed Parliament’s power to create laws further weakening it and strengthening his rule. England had a different government at this time. William and Mary were rulers of the country and their power was limited by Parliament which was considerably stronger than them at this point. Documents including the English Bill of Rights along with other legislation weakened their control and

As mentioned in the text “Law is a body of rules established by government officials that bind government, individuals, and nongovernment organization.” These rules were established to maintain stability and justice. The five sources of law are common law, constitutional law, legislation, executive orders and administrative law. Common law is judge made and is grounded in tradition and previous judicial decisions, instead of in written laws. It was a tradition beginning in England as the United States had former ties to England, they were influenced by it. Constitutional law is the body of law that comes out of the courts in cases involving the interpretation of the constitution. The highest court is the Supreme Court.

The French Noblemen started a rebellion ,by writing a contract and forced the king to sign it , this contract was to limit and control his power. In 1215 the charter was sealed by John in a place called Runnymede and agreed to Magna Carta. The first step on the constitutional road was Magna Carta. It had 36 clauses about what the king could and could not do , no taxes can be collected unless the council(Barons) agreed. Magna Carta made the king was no longer above the law.

In the days of Queen Elizabeth I’s reign, the parliament played a very different role to the one it plays today. The parliament was not particularly important. They only came to Elizabeth when she called on them. In fact they only met 13 times in her 45 year long reign. She only called them to pass acts of parliament, which were laws approved by the Houses of Lords and Commons.

The constitutional state triumphed in England and the Dutch Republic because there were limitations placed on a monarchy’s power while giving the people right to power and governing the people in fairness with the result of the Glorious Revolution and the Dutch gaining independence from Spain. The English defined the Glorious Revolution as great because it allowed the replacement of a king with minimal bloodshed and putting away the idea of a divine right monarchy. The limitation of monarchy’s power by the revolution led to sovereignty and ultimate power in the state to be divided between the king and Parliament while the king being ruled with the consent of the governed. Laws came in place with the occurrence of the Glorious Revolution; for example, once a law is

In the year 1819, one of Britain’s greatest monarchs was born. Her name was Alexandrina Victoria. (Price-Groff 13) She would be remembered for the young age at which she inherited the throne, but also for the confidence expressed in learning to master the techniques of ruling justly. When Victoria became Queen, England was already a constitutional monarchy. Government policies (laws) were made by the lawmakers and Prime Minister of Parliament, who were elected by the people. Because of the Industrial Revolution, the British experienced rapid progression in technology. This change was enjoyed by some, while others felt threatened. (4) Victoria made her subjects feel secure by assuring them she was there to lead. Queen Victoria