Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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4 November 1950: The European Convention on Human Rights (opened...
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4 November 1950
The European Convention on Human Rights
(opened for signature this day) set out, against a background of expansionist Soviet Communism, a declaration of Western beliefs in political and religious freedom and due process of law...
Gearty, Conor. “Airy-Fairy”. London Review of Books, 29 Nov. 2001, pp. 9-12.
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14 December 1987: The Status of Children Act of Ireland struck...
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14 December 1987
The Status of Children Act of Ireland struck down illegitimacy laws, provided for guardianship and maintenance of children, and allowed children of unmarried parents to inherit as if their parents had been married.
Acts of the Oireachtas. Stationery Office, 1938–2024.
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Sawyer, Roger. We Are But Women: Women in Ireland’s History. Routledge, 1993.
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4 July 1996: A Defamation Act of this date, repealing...
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4 July 1996
A Defamation Act of this date, repealing and amending earlier British acts, has been later attacked as inviting censorship by private interests: a sedition law for millionaires,
Monbiot, George. “The main threat to free speech is legal”. Guardian Weekly, 25 July 2008, p. 24.
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because of the huge figures exacted in...
October 2000: Britain's Human Rights Act, enacted in 1998,...
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October 2000
Britain's Human Rights Act, enacted in 1998, finally came into force; it directed British courts to take cognizance of decisions by the European Court of Human Rights
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Sedley, Stephen. “Colonels in Horsehair”. London Review of Books, 19 Sept. 2002, pp. 17-19.
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Chakrabarti, Shami. “’ For most people, it’ s been a pretty golden period’ . . ”. The Guardian, 31 Dec. 2005, p. G2: 7.