User:John Cross/legal texts
I especially want to see laws made freely available, if ignorance is no defence then then the law really does need to be easy to find. I live in the UK where laws are only become pubic domain 50 years after they are passed. This page contains links to some of the legal and constitutional documents I have worked on.
United Kingdom
[edit]United Kingdom - Acts of the United Kingdom Pariament
[edit]I have contributed complete texts for the following Acts of the UK Parliament:
- Accession Declaration Act 1910
- Acts of Parliament (Expiration) Act 1808
- Apportionment Act 1870
- Bills of Exchange (Time of Noting) Act 1917
- Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919
- Clerk of the Council Act 1859
- Copyright Act 1709
- Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925
- Hotel Proprietors Act 1956
- Indian Independence Act 1947
- Ireland Act 1949 (Text uploaded to Commons)
- Japanese Treaty of Peace Act 1951
- Judicial Committee Act 1915
- Libel Act 1792
- Life Peerages Act 1958
- Marshall Aid Commemoration Act 1953
- Meeting of Parliament Act 1870
- Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918
- Parliament Act 1949
- Princess Sophia's Precedence Act 1711
- Privy Council Registrar Act 1853
- Royal Titles Act 1953
- Septennial Act 1715
- Statutory Companies (Redeemable Stock) Act 1915
- Witnesses Act 1806
I have also created this template: UK-SLD
United Kingdom - Acts of the English Pariament
[edit]- Security of the Succession, etc. Act 1701
- Crown and Parliament Recognition Act 1689
- Crown Proceedings Act 1600
- Fines of Labourers, Subsidy Act 1351
- Restraint of Subinfeudation Act 1290
- Unlawful Jurisdictions Act 1584
United Kingdom - Acts of the Scottish Parliament (pre-union)
[edit]- Coronation Oath Act 1567
- Lands Redemption Act 1555
- Papal Jurisdiction Act 1560
- Royal Mines Act 1424
- Sovereignty Act 1606
United Kingdom - Acts of the Old Irish Parliament
[edit]United Kingdom - Legal Cases
[edit]I have contributed the following UK legal cases:
- Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company
- Re Kingston Cotton Mill Company (No.2) (1896)
- The Trusts of The Arthur Mcdougall Fund Thompson and Others v. Fitzgerald and Another
United Kingdom - Royal Charters
[edit]United Kingdom - Other Legal Texts
[edit]United Kingdom - Author pages
[edit]United Kingdom - Useful links for contributors
[edit]- British History online
- British and Irish Legal Information Institute - British and Irish Public Legal Information
- National Archives
- Registry Trust Limited a not for profit company which operates the Registry of Judgments, Orders and Fines for England and Wales on behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.
- Records of the Parliament of Scotland
- Statute Law Database from the Department of Justice
International
[edit]International - Useful links for contributors
[edit]- Spellcheck.net - useful to check spelling
International - Treaties
[edit]International - Templates
[edit]Work in Progress
[edit]To do list
[edit]To do list - texts
[edit]- Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915
- Partnerhip Act 1890
- Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation Act 1950
- Treaties of Peace (Italy, Roumania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland) Act 1947
- United Parishes (Scotland) Act 1876
To do list - projects
[edit]Anglo Saxon Treaties:
English Peace Treaties:
- Treaty of Breda (1667)
- Treaty of Durham (1136)
- Treaty of Durham (1139)
- Peace of Etaples
- Treaty of Falaise
- Treaty of Lambeth
- Treaty of London (1359)
- Treaty of London (1604)
- Treaty of Perpetual Peace (1502)
- Treaty of Picquigny
- Treaty of Ripon
- Treaty of Troyes
- Treaty of Utrecht (1474)
- Treaty of Westminster (1674)
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