Letters to a Friend: On the State of Ireland, the Roman Catholic Question, and the Merits of Constitutional Religious Distinctions, Volume 2J. Carpenter & son, 1826 - Catholic emancipation |
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... blasphemous libel . " So much had been gained by over a hundred years of fighting and the imprisonment of hundreds of men and women . Blasphemy , from being an offence against " Almighty God , " became no more than the use of immoderate ...
... blasphemous libel . " So much had been gained by over a hundred years of fighting and the imprisonment of hundreds of men and women . Blasphemy , from being an offence against " Almighty God , " became no more than the use of immoderate ...
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... blasphemy and blasphemous libel were repealed in England and Wales in accordance with the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act of 2008, which took effect on July 8, 2008 (Crabtree, 2015).37 If these laws were not abolished, radical ...
... blasphemy and blasphemous libel were repealed in England and Wales in accordance with the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act of 2008, which took effect on July 8, 2008 (Crabtree, 2015).37 If these laws were not abolished, radical ...
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... blasphemous libel ( which is actually a legal concept ) has been mocked by comedians and campaigners for legal reform . How can a god be libelled ? On what basis can we prove whether a statement is true or false ( libellous ) ? In the ...
... blasphemous libel ( which is actually a legal concept ) has been mocked by comedians and campaigners for legal reform . How can a god be libelled ? On what basis can we prove whether a statement is true or false ( libellous ) ? In the ...
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... blasphemous libel in England. This became especially prominent in the early nineteenth century as an explicit ... libels defaming the king and other officials. This is double the number of prosecutions for either 1817, 1820, or 1821—all ...
... blasphemous libel in England. This became especially prominent in the early nineteenth century as an explicit ... libels defaming the king and other officials. This is double the number of prosecutions for either 1817, 1820, or 1821—all ...
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... blasphemous , seditious , or indecent matter is an offence which shall be punishable in accordance with law . Defamation Act 1961 , No. 40 Penalty for printing or publishing blasphemous or obscene libel . 13.1 Every person who composes ...
... blasphemous , seditious , or indecent matter is an offence which shall be punishable in accordance with law . Defamation Act 1961 , No. 40 Penalty for printing or publishing blasphemous or obscene libel . 13.1 Every person who composes ...
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Page 566 - Protestants ; hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any other person claiming or pretending a right to the Crown of these Realms. And I do swear, That I do reject and detest as an unchristian and impious position, that it is lawful to Murder or Destroy any person or persons whatsoever, for, or under pretence of, their being Heretics or Infidels ; and also that unchristian and impious Principle, that faith is not to be kept with Heretics...
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