Well, the death penalty was abolished in the U.K. in the 1990s, so there's that. More significant: habeus corpus, which goes back to somewhere between the Magna Carta and Interregnum.
Even at its height, the Crown's power to unilaterally command executions was intentionally curtailed for centuries.
Well, the death penalty was abolished in the U.K. in the 1990s, so there's that. More significant: habeus corpus, which goes back to somewhere between the Magna Carta and Interregnum.
Even at its height, the Crown's power to unilaterally command executions was intentionally curtailed for centuries.