Chugaev, V.V. Legal arrangement of the results of the Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689

Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of the legal elements in the Glorious revolution of 1688-1689/ The article concerns the main achievements of the English revolution of late XVII century, which had laid a foundation for the formation of the constitutional monarchy in England. Legal results of the Glorious revolution of 1688 – 1689 are not limited to 1689 alone, and the author offers to widen the temporal scope and to view the legal elements in the events from 1679 to 1707. That is why, among the normative legal acts providing for the legal results of the Glorious revolution one should mention the following: Habeas Corpus Act of 1679, decision of the House of Commons providing that it is not acceptable for its members to hold official positions (December 30, 1680); Declaration of Rights of 1689, which was later included into the Bill of Rights of 1689, the Mutiny Act of 1689, the Triennial Act of 1694, Act of Settlement of 1701, Act of Union with Scotland of 1707, Act of Positions of 1707. The methodological basis for the study was formed with the historicism principle. The author used formal legal, comparative legal methods of studies, as well as comparative statistical method of studies of empirical data. The period from 1679 to 1707 was a legal rupture and it summarized the results of several centuries of strife for the rights of the English subjects. This period laid the foundation for the legal separation of powers, and for the future work of the English thinkers towards the reform of constitutional legislation and bringing the English monarchy towards the modern type of parliamentary monarchy.

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