Acts of the English and British Parliaments and the medieval Irish parliament on liberty and equality: Habeas Corpus Act, the Slavery Abolition Act, the Married Women's Property Act, the Race Relations, Sex Discrimination, Disability Discrimination and Equality Acts, the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Statutes of Kilkenny. A statute belongs here when its cited article describes it as an act of the Parliament of England, Britain or Ireland on civil liberties or equality. It excludes Commonwealth acts.
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Disability Discrimination Act 1995, Wikipedia
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Formerly, it made it unlawful to discriminate against people in respect of their disabilities in relation to employment, the provision of goods and services, education and transport.
Equality Act 2010, Wikipedia
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The Equality Act 2010 (c. 15), often erroneously called the Equalities Act 2010, is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed during the Brown ministry with the primary purpose of consolidating, updating and supplementing the numerous prior acts and regulations, that formed the basis of anti-discrimination law in mostly England, Scotland and Wales; some sections also apply to Northern Ireland.
Human Rights Act 1998 (Wikipedia)
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Its aim was to incorporate into UK law the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights.
Married Women's Property Act 1882, Wikipedia
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The Married Women's Property Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 75) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that supplemented the provisions of the Married Women's Property Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 93), significantly extending the property rights of married women under English, Welsh, and Irish law.
Race Relations Act 1965 (Wikipedia)
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The act was the first legislation in the United Kingdom to address racial discrimination.
Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Wikipedia)
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The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which protected men and women from discrimination on the grounds of sex or marital status.
Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (Wikipedia)
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The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 73) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which abolished slavery in the British Empire by way of compensated emancipation.
Statutes of Kilkenny, Wikipedia
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The Statutes of Kilkenny (40 Edw. 3 (I)) were a series of thirty-five acts enacted by the Parliament of Ireland at Kilkenny in 1366, aiming to curb the decline of the Hiberno-Norman Lordship of Ireland. The statutes generally prohibited English and Anglo-Normans from cohabiting with the native Irish.
Habeas Corpus Act 1679 (Wikipedia)
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It was passed by what became known as the Habeas Corpus Parliament to define and strengthen the ancient prerogative writ of habeas corpus, which required a court to examine the lawfulness of a prisoner's detention and thus prevent unlawful or arbitrary imprisonment.
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