Coercion Act

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A Coercion Act was an

Act of Parliament that gave a legal basis for increased state powers to suppress popular discontent and disorder. The label was applied, especially in Ireland, to acts passed from the 18th to the early 20th century by the Irish, British, and Northern Irish
parliaments.

London

In December 1816, A

act of Parliament that suspended habeas corpus
and extended existing laws against seditious gatherings in Britain. The Coercion Act was the result of this mass meeting.

Ireland

The total number of "Coercion Acts" relating to Ireland is a matter of definition, including whether to count separately an act which continues an expiring act.

Grattan's Parliament (1782–1800).[3]

Some of the more notable Irish Coercion Acts were the

44 & 45 Vict.
c. 4).

An Irish Coercion Bill was proposed by Sir Robert Peel on 15 May 1846 in order to calm the increasingly difficult situation in Ireland as a result of the ongoing famine there. The bill was blocked, and this led, in part, to Peel's resignation as Prime Minister.

From 1874, attempts to introduce other Irish coercion acts were blocked by the filibustering of Joseph Biggar.

The

United Ireland, had attacked the Land Law (Ireland) Act 1881.[5]

As a response to the

Trial by jury was abolished. An influential[citation needed] analysis of the pros and cons of the Act was published in 1888 by William Henry Hurlbert, a Catholic Irish-American author.[6]

Many hundreds were imprisoned at times under the Acts, including many prominent politicians and agrarian agitators,

James O'Kelly, Charles Stewart Parnell, Douglas Pyne, Willie Redmond, and Timothy Sullivan
.

The act was the first of

second reading for 41 hours. Eventually, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Henry Brand, resorted to ignoring IPP members of Parliament who requested the right of speech and put the question, a controversial move that allowed Gladstone to pass the act.[9]

References

Sources

Citations

  1. ^ Farrell, Michael (1986). Emergency legislation: the apparatus of repression. Field Day Pamphlet. Vol. 11. p. 5.
  2. ^ "Government of Ireland Bill (No. 265.); Second Reading". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 17. House of Lords. 5 September 1893. col. 5. Retrieved 18 November 2016. I believe that in 87 years there have been 87 Coercion Acts or renewal of Coercion Acts in that country
  3. ^ Historicus (December 1908). "Coercion acts before the Union". Irish Facts for British Platforms. 2 (II). Westminster: Union Defence League: 522–525.
  4. ISBN 9780198259497
    . Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  5. ^ The Times, Arrest of Mr. Parnell, 14 October 1881
  6. ^ Hurlbert W., Ireland under Coercion vol. 1 online vol.2 online
  7. ISBN 978-0-5209-3633-1
    .
  8. ISBN 978-0-2625-8239-1
    .
  9. ^ "News of the Week". The Spectator (2749). London: 1. 5 March 1881.

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