Showing posts with label the British courts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the British courts. Show all posts
Monday, January 15, 2024

Blackstone condemned the execution of Algernon Sidney for high treason

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“Treason, proditio , in its very name (which is borrowed from the French ) imports a betraying, treachery, or breach of faith. It therefore ...
Monday, July 10, 2023

The most serious crimes that anyone can commit (according to Blackstone)

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“Of crimes injurious to the persons of private subjects, the most principal and important is the offence of taking away that life , which is...
Sunday, July 10, 2022

Some thoughts from Blackstone about punishing criminals

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“I proceed in the next place to consider the general nature of punishments : which are evils or inconveniences consequent upon crimes and m...
Saturday, July 27, 2019

What is “corruption of blood, or forfeiture” from an attainder of treason?

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“The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfei...
Sunday, December 16, 2018

The Habeas Corpus Act and the English Bill of Rights influenced our Constitution

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“The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may r...
Friday, June 15, 2018

When King John signed the Magna Carta, it was like signing a surrender document …

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“No freemen shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or in any way destroyed , nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, exce...
Thursday, June 7, 2018

The Petition of Right influenced the United States Bill of Rights

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“The history of  Great Britain  is the one with which we are in general the best acquainted, and it gives us  many useful lessons . We may...