THE BRITISH AND THE AMERICAN BILLS OF RIGHTS.

Abstract

This research examines the British and the American Bills of Rights, I will begin with the English Bill of Rights. I will take a closer look at why the document was issued ? what the document represents and the influence it had on the U.S. Constitution? by highlighting the different events in history that led to the appearance of this document, and than to which extent it contributed in the alteration of the frame of society and the preservation of man’s freedom even under authority. Scholars studying this trend have come to different conclusions. Taking all these positions into consideration this dissertation shows that though the Bill of Rights has restrained the government abuse of power gradually throughout time. it remains all the same a number of fundamental issues about rights and liberties are still manifested but with less squirt and on specific nations. This dissertation concludes that the Bill of Rights may be beneficial in establishing a long lasted constitution for the success and the evolution of the nation, and it may be unrewarding in creating an anarchy by exceeding limits and declining in social values. Conversely, this research shows that both the American and the British Bills of Rights play a vital role in making a balance between security and liberty.