 | Oliver J. Thatcher - History - 2004 - 460 pages
...to their conditions and as allowed by law. That election of members of parliament ought to be free. That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings...questioned in any court or place out of parliament. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments... | |
 | Urs Peter Gruber - Law - 2004 - 458 pages
...sonstigen Gesetzesbefürworters erforderlich sei.462 459 Art. 9 der Bill of Rights 1 688 sieht vor, dass „the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings...questioned in any court or place out of Parliament". Hierzu ausführlich Lord Browne-Wilkinson in der Entscheidung Pepper vs. Hart, 3 WLR 1 032, 1 059f.... | |
 | Nick O'Neill, Simon Rice, Roger Douglas - Civil rights - 2004 - 804 pages
...parliamentary committees. This is guaranteed under Art 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688 (UK.) which provides: "that the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings...ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament".78 The Parliaments have wide powers to punish people for breaching their... | |
 | Ian Ward - History - 2004 - 227 pages
...Coke recognised their existence in his Institutes, whilst Article 9 of the Bill of Rights stated that 'Freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament...ought not to be impeached or questioned in any Court or place out of Parliament'.50 Of course, 'proceedings' is a vague conception, generally assumed to... | |
 | K. G. Kannabiran - Political Science - 2004 - 396 pages
...passed as the Bill of Rights. It proclaimed that 'the freedom of speech and a debate or proceedings ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.' Thereafter, we do not hear of any arbitrary acts of arrest by the king, but the Parliament itself assumed... | |
 | Alexander Leslie Klieforth, Robert John Munro - History - 2004 - 452 pages
...their conditions, and as allowed by law. 8. That election of members of Parliament ought to be free. 10. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. 1 1. That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned,... | |
 | Richard Burn - Law - 2004 - 904 pages
...proteftants, may have arms for their defence, fuitable to their conditions, and as allowed by law. 8. That election of members of parliament ought to be free. - 9. That freedom of fpeech, and debates or pleadings in parliament, ought not to be impeached or queftioned... | |
 | Maryann Zihala - Law - 2005 - 234 pages
...penalties of a severe nature. . . . The English Bill of Rights, enacted December 16, 1689, stated that "excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." These were the words chosen for our Eighth Amendment. . .... | |
 | Adam Tomkins - History - 2005 - 168 pages
...consent of Parliament, is against law . . . VIII. Election of members of Parliament ought to be free. IX. The freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in...questioned in any court or place out of Parliament. X. Excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments... | |
 | Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords - Business & Economics - 2005 - 290 pages
...possible defamation claims. Freedom of speech is guaranteed by article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1689: "freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament...questioned in any court or place out of Parliament". Article 9 affords legal immunity ("ought not to be questioned") to Members for what they say or do... | |
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That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament. 
