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Constitutional Rights in the Irish Home Rule Bill of 1893

Allen, Tom

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In 1893, Prime Minister Gladstone introduced the second Irish home rule bill in parliament. The bill broke with tradition in Britain and the empire, as it included provisions from the bill of rights of the United States. Its significance was clear at the time: it was debated for nine days in the committee stage and, with one minor amendment, it remained part of the bill that passed the Commons. However, the bill was defeated in the Lords and, at least in the United Kingdom, bills of rights were dismissed as unnecessary or detrimental to sound governance until well after the second world war. This article therefore tries to understand how this early bill of rights was regarded at the time. Who suggested, or demanded, its inclusion? How did they expect it to be applied? And how did the debate reflect and influence thinking about constitutional law in Britain and the empire?

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Allen, T. (2018). Constitutional Rights in the Irish Home Rule Bill of 1893. The Journal of Legal History, 39(2), 187-215. https://doi.org/10.1080/01440365.2018.1484324

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 24, 2018
Online Publication Date Jun 22, 2018
Publication Date Jun 22, 2018
Deposit Date Jul 3, 2018
Publicly Available Date Dec 22, 2019
Journal Journal of Legal History
Print ISSN 0144-0365
Electronic ISSN 1744-0564
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 39
Issue 2
Pages 187-215
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/01440365.2018.1484324
Keywords Constitutional history, Constitutional rights, Ireland.

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