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" That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament. "
The Crown and its advisers; or, Queen, ministers, lords and commons - Page 213
by Alexander Charles Ewald - 1870
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books; with an ..., Volume 1

William Blackstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 910 pages
...st. 2, c. 2, as one of the liberties of the people, " that the freedom of speech, and debates, and proceedings in parliament, ought not to be impeached...questioned in any court or place out of parliament." And this freedom of speech is particularly demanded of the king in person, by the speaker of the house...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 61

English literature - 1838 - 728 pages
...insertion of the 9th article in the Bill of Rights : ' That the freedom dom of speech, and debates and proceedings in parliament, ought not to be impeached...questioned in any court or place out of parliament.' The debates and conferences directly or indirectly bearing on this article are minutely examined by...
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Crosby's general political reference book

George Crosby (of Leeds.) - 1838 - 134 pages
...conspicuous ; the statute of 1 William and Mary deelaring that " the freedom of speech aud debate, and proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any other place or court out of Parliament." They have both the same power of making aud repealing laws,...
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The Australian Judiciary

Enid Campbell, H. P. Lee - Law - 2001 - 334 pages
...Bill of Rights 1689, which is a part of the law of all Australian jurisdictions.63 Article 9 provides that: [T]he freedom of speech and debates or proceedings...questioned in any court or place out of Parliament. Evidence of proceedings in a parliament, if sought to be adduced to impeach the proceedings to remove...
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Sourcebook on English Legal System

David Kelly, Gary Slapper - Law - 1995 - 618 pages
...entirely within the keeping of the courts. This is true even of Article 9 of the Bill of Rights 1688: '...the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings...questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.' In Pepper v Hart (1993) Lord Browne- Wilkinson offered a construction of Article 9 en route to his...
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A History of Criminal Law in New South Wales: The Colonial Period, 1788-1900

Gregory D. Woods - Criminal justice, Administration of - 2002 - 488 pages
...NSWLR 132 at 155. 17 Ibid., per Barton in argument at 149. 18 1 Will, and Mary, sess. 2, c. 2 (1 688). "That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings...questioned in any court or place out of parliament". Like Magna Carta and habeas corpus, the Bill of Rights of 1688 has been part of the law of New South...
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Constitutional and Administrative Law

Hilaire Barnett - Law - 2002 - 1117 pages
...VIII elections of Members of Parliament ought to be free; Article IX freedom of speech and debates in proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached...questioned in any court or place out of parliament; Article X excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual...
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Australian Constitutional Landmarks

H. P. Lee, George Winterton - Law - 2004 - 476 pages
...likely objection to judicial review rests on Art. 9 of the Bill nf Rights 1689 (Eng) which provides thai '[t]he freedom of speech and debates or proceedings...questioned in any court or place out of Parliament'. Read literally, these provisions could prevent a court from considering the effectiveness of any 'proceeding...
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Text, Cases and Materials on Public Law and Human Rights

Helen Fenwick, Gavin Phillipson - Law - 2003 - 1143 pages
...internal proceedings were given a statutory foundation when included as Article 9 of the Bill of Rights: That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings...ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.'6 Notes 1 The justification for privilege offered by the clerk of the Commons...
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Parliamentary Privilege

Enid Mona Campbell - Legislative bodies - 2003 - 278 pages
...parliament shortly after the accession of William III and Mary II to the throne.2 Article 9 provides: That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings...ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.3 The immediate object of Article 9 was to give statutory force to privileges...
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