RE-ORDER PARAGRAPHS PART 2 65 ON-SCREEN Remember that in the exam, you will re-order the paragraphs by dragging and dropping them with your mouse. A The paragraphs have been placed in a random order. Restore the original order. Jumbled paragraphs Correct paragraph order (1-4) a Habeas corpus, a law by which a prisoner could demand to be brought before the courts and have his case heard, was a well-established right in England, but the authorities had found a number of ways of getting round its use where political prisoners were concerned. b The new act put a stop to such abuses and deprived the executive of powers it might have used to support oppressive and arbitrary government. In 1679, what became known as the first Exclusionist Parliament passed at least one useful piece of legislation: on the day parliament was suspended, the King gave his assent to a Habeas Corpus Act. d James Harrington, the philosopher, is a good example. When his sisters applied for habeas corpus, he was taken from the Tower of London to a barren island where habeas corpus could not be imposed.
