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An ______ bill of rights cannot be amended or repealed by a country's legislature through regular procedure, instead requiring a supermajority or referendum; often it is part of a country's constitution, and therefore subject to special procedures applicable to constitutional amendments.
An ______ bill of rights cannot be amended or repealed by a country's legislature through regular procedure, instead requiring a supermajority or referendum; often it is part of a country's constitution, and therefore subject to special procedures applicable to constitutional amendments.
entrenched
The purpose is to protect those rights against infringement from public officials and private citizens.Bills of rights may be _______ or unentrenched.
The purpose is to protect those rights against infringement from public officials and private citizens.Bills of rights may be _______ or unentrenched.
entrenched
An example is the ______, an English legal charter agreed between the King and his barons in 1215. In the early modern period, there was renewed interest in the ______.
An example is the ______, an English legal charter agreed between the King and his barons in 1215. In the early modern period, there was renewed interest in the ______.
Magna Carta
The history of legal charters asserting certain rights for particular groups goes back to the ______ and earlier.
The history of legal charters asserting certain rights for particular groups goes back to the ______ and earlier.
English common law judge Sir Edward Coke revived the idea of rights based on ______.
English common law judge Sir Edward Coke revived the idea of rights based on ______.
An entrenched ______ of rights cannot be amended or repealed by a country's legislature through regular procedure, instead requiring a supermajority or referendum; often it is part of a country's constitution, and therefore subject to special procedures applicable to constitutional amendments.
An entrenched ______ of rights cannot be amended or repealed by a country's legislature through regular procedure, instead requiring a supermajority or referendum; often it is part of a country's constitution, and therefore subject to special procedures applicable to constitutional amendments.
The purpose is to protect those rights against infringement from public officials and private citizens.Bills of rights may be _______ or unentrenched.
The purpose is to protect those rights against infringement from public officials and private citizens.Bills of rights may be _______ or unentrenched.
An example is the ______, an English legal charter agreed between the King and his barons in 1215. In the early modern period, there was renewed interest in the ______.
An example is the ______, an English legal charter agreed between the King and his barons in 1215. In the early modern period, there was renewed interest in the ______.
The history of legal charters asserting certain rights for particular groups goes back to the ______ and earlier.
The history of legal charters asserting certain rights for particular groups goes back to the ______ and earlier.
English common law judge Sir Edward Coke revived the idea of rights based on ______.
English common law judge Sir Edward Coke revived the idea of rights based on ______.
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