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66 matches to Penal Laws
Indulgence, Declaration. 1662,72. Charles II grants toleration of Nonconformists. Voided by Parliament. 1687. James II suspends penal laws against Catholics causing Glorious Revolution.
Penal Laws. 16C-1829. English persecution of Catholics.
Australia. c28,000BC Australoids. 1606 Sighted by Portuguese. 1668 Dampier lands. 1770 Cook claims for England. 1788-1868 Penal colonies. 1901 Independent commonwealth.
Beccaria, Cesare. 1738-94. Italian writer. Treatise on Crime and Punishment 1764. Influenced 19C penal reform and capital punishment.
Devil’s Island. French Guiana. South American penal colony 1854-1946.
Draco. Author of written law code, Athens, 621BC. Death was penalty for petty crimes. Later repealed.
French Guiana. 1604 French settle. 1809 France/Portugal. 1816 French. 1852-1946 Penal colonies. Devil’s Is.
New Caledonia. 1774 Cook discovers. 1843 French. 1864-94 Penal colony. 1954 French Overseas Territory.
Oglethorpe, James. 1696-1785. English. Penal reform. Founded Georgia 1733 as haven for bankrupts.
Prairial, Law of 22. 1794. France allowed only acquital or death penalty in trials. Terror.
Salic Law. 6C penal code issued by Clovis. Incorrectly cited 14-19C to limit royal succession to males; Spain by Philip V, 1713. Victoria. Isabella II.
Tasmania. 1642 Tasman discovers = Van Diemen’s Land. 1803-52 British penal settlement. 1856 Self-government = Tasmania. 1901 Australia.
Alfonso X (the Wise). 1221-84. King of León and Castile. Codified laws, first history of Spain.
Alien Registration Act. 1940. Outlaws advocating violent overthrow of US government. Extended to include all advocates of Communism. McCarthy.
Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.
Antinomianism. 16C Belief that some Christians by special faith need not obey Old Testament moral laws.
Black Codes. 1865-6. Strict US local laws to control blacks based on slave codes. Freedmen. Jim Crow.
Blue Laws. US laws that control Sunday activities. 1781 originals on blue paper.
Bode, Johann. 1747-1826. German astronomer: Laws of planetary distances, 1766.
Brehon Laws. (Feinechus) 8-17C. Irish legal system.
Cavalier Parliament. 1661-79. Royalist. Repressive laws against Puritans and Catholics.
Combination Acts. 1799, 1800. Britain outlaws trade unions. Repealed 1824.
Constitution, US. 1787. Effective 1789. Defines government, liberties, basic laws. Amendments I-X 1791 Bill of Rights. XIII 1865 Abolishes slavery. XVIII 1919 Prohibition. XIX 1920 Women suffrage. XXI 1933 Repeals Prohibition. XXVI 1971 Voting age 18.
Corn Laws. 1804-15. British agricultural price support. Repeal, 1846, marks transformation from agricultural to industrial priorities and free trade.
Danelaw. 878-955. NE England under Viking occupation and the laws in effect.