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Prologue
section 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| common law | common law reflected customs and principles established over time |
| Magna Carta | it is the major source of traditional english respect for individual rights and liberties |
| due process of law | the king could not willfully, or arbitrarily, punish his subject |
| Parliament | The king could not levy taxes without the consent of the Parliament |
| Divine Right | Advocates of divine right said thatt monarchs were chosen by god and responsible only to god |
| Glorious Revolution | as it came to be called,was a turning point in English constitutional history |
| Constitutional Monarchy | in which the powers of the ruler are restricted by the constitution and the law of the country |
| Bill of Rights | The English Bill of Rights limited the monarchy's power and protected free speech in Parliament |
| common law | common law reflected customs and principles established over time |
| Magna Carta | it is the major source of traditional english respect for individual rights and liberties |
| due process of law | the king could not willfully, or arbitrarily, punish his subject |
| Parliament | The king could not levy taxes without the consent of the Parliament |
| Divine Right | Advocates of divine right said thatt monarchs were chosen by god and responsible only to god |
| Glorious Revolution | as it came to be called,was a turning point in English constitutional history |
| Constitutional Monarchy | in which the powers of the ruler are restricted by the constitution and the law of the country |
| Bill of Rights | The English Bill of Rights limited the monarchy's power and protected free speech in Parliament |
| common law | common law reflected customs and principles established over time |
| Magna Carta | it is the major source of traditional english respect for individual rights and liberties |
| due process of law | the king could not willfully, or arbitrarily, punish his subject |
| Parliament | The king could not levy taxes without the consent of the Parliament |
| Divine Right | Advocates of divine right said thatt monarchs were chosen by god and responsible only to god |
| Glorious Revolution | as it came to be called,was a turning point in English constitutional history |
| Constitutional Monarchy | in which the powers of the ruler are restricted by the constitution and the law of the country |
| Bill of Rights | The English Bill of Rights limited the monarchy's power and protected free speech in Parliament |