In class we discussed and marked the Rights that benefited the parliament and the people. Do you think that is it better that the rights mostly affected the parliament and not the people? Or that is justifiable that the parliament was getting more power than the king and people?
I believe that the certain powers and rights given to parliment were more of a precaution to limit the power of the king. Given the previous situation with James II, parliment's main goal was to prevent England from having another dictorial monarchy. So even though the bill of rights doesnt necessarily focus directly on the people, it was done with the people in mind, in an attempt to ensure their safety, so i believe the powers given to parliment were justified.
ReplyDeleteI believe that it was justifiable to give so much power to Parliament because like David said it was for the overall well being if the people. Although, in response to your first question, I do not think that it was better that the rights mostly affected Parliament. I think that they could have limited the Kings power as well as grant more rights, such as the ones in the Constitution of 1793, to the people. This would not only have made the members of Parliament powerful and happy, but the people would then have more rights and have them better protected.
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