Sentences with phrase «abolition act»

2007 witnessed major exhibitions in British museums and galleries to mark the anniversary of the 1807 abolition act — 1807 Commemorated [60] 2008 marks the 201st anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade in the British Empire.

The Buzz: Wilberforce was certainly at the vanguard of British abolition, but he ultimately didn't play much of a role in the emancipation movement, and died before the Slavery Abolition Act was passed.

We may think the UK's association with slavery ended in 1834 after the Slavery Abolition Act, but forced labour is still a huge problem in Britain, says David Downing

He died just before the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 was passed in England.

That said, the British Empire abolishing slavery was the result of the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833.

Not exact matches

In an attempt to redress the wrongs of slavery following its abolition in 1865, Congress passed the 1875 Civil Rights Act — which, among other things, forbade most forms of discrimination in public accommodations.

The longstanding policy of the Alberta New Democratic Party which supports the abolition of the Canadian Senate likely means the Act will be allowed to expire, into the dust of legislative history.

but the rank and file of church members have seemed paralyzed, unable to act decisively, unwilling to insist in any clear and public way that the nations of the world, including their own, move toward the abolition of war and the realization of the prophetic dream.

The dream of the abolition of war is given us in the Bible, but the reason most Christians hesitate to accept that dream and act upon it comes also from the Bible, from all the wars that are recorded and celebrated by God's people, all the wars that are authorized and even commanded by God.

As part of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 — named for the famous British Christian abolitionist responsible for the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act of 1807 — Congress passed the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA).

Jeffrey Burke Satinover argues in «Psychology and the Abolition of Meaning» (February) that within the Western scientific framework, there is «never any room whatever for freely acting agents....

That piety guided him to simplify his business and family life so that they would serve the «concern» that grew upon him until he became a one - man abolition society traversing the colonies to act for justice in the case of slaves.65

Competition and Consumer Amendment (Abolition of Limited Merits Review) Act 2017 (Act 116 of 2017) Designed to prevent the Australian Competition Tribunal from reviewing certain decisions made under the national energy laws

The London Government Act 1963 provided for the abolition of the former counties of Middlesex and London, the absorption of parts of Kent, Essex and Surrey, and their replacement with the county of Greater London.

The Indian Independence Act, 1947, and the Government of India Act, 1935, together with all enactments amending or supplementing the latter Act, but not including the Abolition of Privy Council Jurisdiction Act, 1949, are hereby repealed.

Yet Whitehall persists in pretending they are autonomous — even though London has overridden them before, on the abolition of capital punishment, say, or the decriminalising of homosexual acts.

The alternative is the gutting or abolition of the Act, and a withdrawl from the European Convention on Human Rights, which the Conservatives are threatening to do (David Cameron even had a populist pop at the idea of human rights in a conference speech before he became Prime Minister).

Vilified by the left, major showdowns over the 1832 Great Reform Act and 1909 «people's budget» fed calls for abolition, ending in the chamber's veto power being taken away in 1911.

History: In twentieth century history, there is a section on «society and social reform, including the abolition of capital punishment, the legalisation of abortion and homosexuality, and the Race Relations Act».

«Maryland lawmakers came to the right conclusion and voted to send the death penalty where it belongs - into the dustbin of history,» said Brian Evans, acting director of the organisation's death penalty abolition campaign.

The mainstream practitioners who were active in the years of Harold's premiership all indicate support and admiration for the way he held the Labour party together, sought to drag Britain into the modern era and presided over a series of liberalisation acts including abolition of the death penalty and the legalisation of homosexuality, abortion and divorce.

Mr Davis goes on to suggest some of the ways in which he would find savings; several, such as abolition of ID cards and abolition of regional government, are already party policy - but others are not and therefore act as a useful contribution to the debate on the issue of how to tighten the nation's belt:

[16] The Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Act 2010 facilitates the abolition of the fund.

The next redistribution of parliamentary constituencies took place under the Representation of the People Act 1948, and this led to the abolition of the Salford South constituency.

Tory MP Priti Patel, who asked the Parliamentary question that led to the publication of the figures, called for the abolition of the Human Rights Act.

It will present work from the abolition of the death penalty for sodomy in 1861 to the passing of the Sexual Offences Act in 1967 — a time of seismic shifts in gender and sexuality that found expression in the arts as artists and viewers explored their desires, experiences and sense of self.

There is a bill currently making its way through Parliament to address these types of issues entitled Bill C - 56 An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and the Abolition of Early Parole Act.

In fact, my career in law has coincided with major developments in commercial laws that India has seen, be it economic liberalisation in 1991; introduction of Foreign Exchange Management Act in 1999; industrial delicensing; de-regulation of the industrial sector; public sector policy; abolition of MRTP Act; introduction of the new Companies Act in 2013; the passage of Real Estate Regulation Act 2016, and more.

What would the abolition of the Human Rights Act mean for employment lawyers?

However, Lord Neuberger considered that the abolition of the residence test as precondition to obtaining an extended lease under LRHUDA 1993 rebuts the argument that parliament did not intend non-resident lessees to acquire the protection of the Act.

Clause 135 is the long - awaited abolition of local authorities» powers to seek liable relatives» payments under the National Assistance Act 1948 (NAA 1948), eg in respect of the relatives of people placed in care homes.

Commences provisions of the Serious Crime Act 2007 on 1 April 2008 which relate to the abolition of the Assets Recovery Agency and its director.

The Attorney General failed to establish that ``... retrospective application of the Abolition of Early Parole Act serves a pressing and substantial government objective, is rationally connected to that objective, minimally impairs the Charter right, and that its salutary benefits outweigh its detrimental effects.»

Significantly, Whaling was a Section 11 (h) case in which the Supreme Court of Canada was asked to consider whether automatically lengthening the incarceration period under Section 10 (1) of the Abolition of Early Parole Act constituted additional punishment.

Extended incarceration is an «objectively ascertainable effect» of changes to the parole system under the Abolition of Early Parole Act — crucially, the British Columbia Court of Appeal found that the change occurred between the time of the offences and the time of sentencing.

Offenders who were convicted and sentenced after the enactment of the Abolition of Early Parole Act are entitled to the previous «accelerated parole review» regime.

All except Ms. Craddock committed their offences before the Abolition of Early Parole Act came into effect and were sentenced afterwards.

Quoting Whaling, the Ontario Court of Appeal found that the retroactive application of the Abolition of Early Parole Act conflicted with both Section 11 (h) and (i) of the Charter.

The respondents characterized retrospective application of the Abolition of Early Parole Act as «punishment».

The Supreme Court ruled against part of Canada's anti-prostitution laws in the Bedford ruling at the close of 2013, and held that a section of the Abolition of Early Parole Act was unconstitutional.

Keywords: Charter; Sections 1, 11 (i); Meaning of «Punishment»; Abolition of Early Parole Act; Retrospective Application; Pressing and Substantial Objective

Applying the Abolition of Early Parole Act (No Pressing / Substantial Reason Re: Retrospectivity)

An Act for the Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Colonies received Royal Assent on 28 August 1833 and took effect 1 August 1834.

1532 Submission of the Clergy the Convocation of Canterbury 1641 Abolition of the Star Chamber 1641 Habeas Corpus Act 1641 Treaty of Hamburg (putting an end to the Thirty Years» war) 1648 Peace of Westphalie 1651 Leviathan — Thomas Hobbes 1681 Treaty of The Hague 1689 English Bill of Rights — «surely the foundation for the US Constitution's bill of rights and much of Anglo - saxon liberty thereafter, worldwide».

Most of the provisions contained in the Act are consequential to the abolition of ATSIC or put into place transitional provisions that arise from the abolition of ATSIC.

The provisions were repealed as part of the abolition of ATSIC and alternative provisions for consulting with Indigenous organisations or peoples were not substituted into the amended Act.

Recently, the ACT government established an elected Indigenous representative body, recognising that «[t] he abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission removed the opportunity for the Indigenous community to consult and negotiate with governments.