...impeachment and the barring of Roman Catholics from the throne. Indeed, the 17o1 act, which was titled "An Act for the further limitation of the Crown and...securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject," resolved most of the doubts about the ultimate significance of the Glorious Revolution that had been...

...parliament iwithout consulting or even informing the Scottish parliament) passed the Act of Settlement i'An Act for the further limitation of the Crown and better...securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject'); this Act conferred the thrones of England and Ireland, after the death of William and of Anne, and...

...claiming that his 'friends' had been involved in the committee for the legislation.1 The subtitle of the act, 'for the further limitation of the crown and...securing the rights and liberties of the subject', established for many contemporaries its radical ambitions. A later commentator, echoing these points,...

...will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to HM, his heirs and successors, all treasons and traitorous conspiracies which may be formed against...power, the succession of the Crown, which succession ... is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover, and the heirs of her body,...

...of British interests, and thus enhanced its position in foreign policy. Entitled program mat ically, 'An act for the further limitation of the crown, and...securing the rights and liberties of the subject', it had stipulated 'that in case the crown and imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to...

...sections which have been repealed are indicated in bold type. Dates of repeal are given in footnotes. An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown and...securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject. 01. Whereas in the first year of the reign of your Majesty, and of our late most gracious sovereign...

...Bill of Rights, was supplemented by an Act of Settlement in 1701, which plainly stated that it was 'for the further limitation of the Crown and better securing the rights and liberties of the subjects'. Taken together these three instruments, according to Whig historiography, sanctified the...

...ensuring that Parliament would meet at least every three years. The Act of Settlement (whose long tide was 'an Act for the further limitation of the Crown, and...securing the rights and liberties of the subject') added to the provisions of the Bill of Rights concerning the Protestant succession. Inspired by Louis...

...established rules, which cannot be altered, but by act of parliament. By the statute 13. W. III. c. 2. " An act for the further limitation of the crown, and...securing the rights and liberties of the subject," provision is made, -that after the said limitation shall take effect, the commissions of the judges...

...official title of which better underlines the correlation between limiting monarchy and securing rights: "An act for the further limitation of the crown, and...securing the rights and liberties of the subject." 11 On the idea of limited government as essence of modern constitutionalism, cf. Carl J. Friedrich,...