ABSTRACT In 1893, Prime Minister Gladstone introduced the second Irish home rule bill in parliament. The bill broke with tradition in Britain and the empire, as it included provisions from the bill of rights of the United States. Its significance was clear at the time: it was debated for nine days in the committee stage and, with one minor amendment, it remained part of the bill that passed the Commons. However, the bill was defeated in the Lords and, at least in the United Kingdom, bills of rights were dismissed as unnecessary or detrimental to sound governance until well after the second world war. This article therefore tries to understand how this early bill of rights was regarded at the time. Who suggested, or demanded, its inclusion? How did they expect it to be applied? And how did the debate reflect and influence thinking about constitutional law in Britain and the empire?

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1893 年爱尔兰自治法案中的宪法权利

摘要 1893 年，格莱斯顿首相在议会中提出了第二个爱尔兰地方自治法案。该法案打破了英国和帝国的传统，因为它包含了美国权利法案的条款。当时它的重要性是显而易见的：它在委员会阶段进行了 9 天的辩论，经过一个小的修改，它仍然是下议院通过的法案的一部分。然而，该法案在上议院被否决，至少在英国，直到第二次世界大战结束后，权利法案才被认为是不必要的或对健全的治理有害。因此，本文试图了解当时如何看待这一早期的权利法案。谁建议或要求，它的包含？他们期望它如何应用？这场辩论如何反映和影响了英国和帝国对宪法的思考？