What is the purpose of the English bill of rights?

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The purpose is to legally establish the sovereignty of Parliament. In particular to establish that the monarch cannot levy taxes, raise an army, run their own courts or hold elections. read more

The Bill of Rights limits the power of the government. Its basic purpose is to protect two kinds of rights: the rights of individual liberty, like freedom of speech, and the rights of persons accused of crimes, like the right to trial by jury. The Bill of Rights originally applied only to the federal government. read more