Bill of Rights : the origin of Britain's democracy / [introduction by Jonathan Sumption].

Contributor Sumption, Jonathan, writer of introduction.

ImprintOxford : Bodleian Library Publishing, 2022.

Descriptionxxxiii, 28 pages ; 16 cm

Note:"The text of the Bill is reproduced from : 'William and Mary, 1688 : an act declareing the rights and liberties of the subject and setleing the succession of the crowne [Chapter II. Rot, Parl. pt. 2. nu. 1]' in Statutes of the realm : volume 6, 1685-94, ed. John Raithby (s.l. 1819), pp. 142-5."--Colophon.

Note:"The Bill of Rights, passed by Parliament in 1689, can justly claim to serve as the origin of Britain's democracy- enshrining basic political rights and setting out the balance of power between Parliament and the Crown." --Back cover.

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