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	Court of Star Chamber - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Star Chamber, Court of, in English history, court controlled by the monarch and so called because it originally sat in the royal palace of...
		The Star Chamber (Latin Camera stellata) was an English court of law at the royal Palace of Westminster that sat between 1487 and 1641 when the court itself was abolished.
		The Court of Star Chamber was a court of law which evolved from meetings of the king's royal...
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	Star Chamber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although the court was initially a court of appeal, Henry VIII and his councillors Wolsey and Cranmer encouraged plaintiffs to bring their cases directly to the Star Chamber, bypassing the lower courts entirely.
		The power of the Court of Star Chamber grew considerably under the House of Stuart, and by the time of Charles I of England it had become synonomous with misuse and abuse of power by the king and his circle.
		The Star Chamber was finally abolished in 1641 by the Long Parliament inflamed by the severe treatment of John Lilburne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Star_Chamber (784 words)

	STAR CHAMBER - LoveToKnow Article on STAR CHAMBER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is popularly supposed that the star chamber, after an existence of about fifty years, disappeared towards the end of the reign of Henry VIII., the powers obtained by the act of 1487 being not lost, but reverting to the council as a whole.
		It is difficult, if not i1npossible, to draw a clear distinction between the duties of the privy council and the duties of the star chamber at this time, although before the abolition of the latter there was a distinction as to their composition and as to the matters dealt with by the two courts.
		The jurisdiction of the star chamber was as vague.as its constitution.
	53.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/STAR_CHAMBER.htm (1269 words)

	Court of Star Chamber
		The Court of Star Chamber was a court of law which evolved from meetings of the king's royal council.
		In 1487 the court became a judicial body separate from the king's council, with a mandate to hear petitions of redress.
		The Court of Star Chamber was named for the star pattern painted on the ceiling of the room at Westminster Palace where its meetings were held.
	www.britainexpress.com /History/tudor/star-chamber.htm (434 words)

	Star Chamber - A Reappraisal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Star Chamber has come down to us through history as an institution of pure, unalloyed evil; it is seen as ranking "with such proper names as ‘the Inquisition’ and ‘Machiavelli’ as one of modern history’s few really dirty words".
		The Court did not exist in a vacuum, and it would be fatal to any analysis of this area to ignore the political and social storms that were brewing in the 1630s.
		Star Chamber was hardly a sore in a sea of enlightened tranquillity.
	www.courts.fsnet.co.uk /SChamber.htm (3072 words)

	The Court of Star Chamber 1487 - 1641 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Court of Star Chamber was named for the star pattern painted on the ceiling of the room at Westminster Palace where its meetings were held.
		The Court of Star Chamber was a court of law which evolved from meetings of the king's royal council.
		Although the court was initially a court of appeal, Henry VIII and his councillors WoIsey and Cranmer encouraged plaintiffs to bring their cases directly to the Star Chamber, bypassing the lower courts entirely.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Documents/the_court_of_star_chamber.htm (430 words)

	Star Chamber. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The court of the Star Chamber developed from the judicial proceedings traditionally carried out by the king and his council, and was entirely separate from the common-law courts of the day.
		Under Chancellor Wolsey’s leadership (1515–29), the Court of Star Chamber became a political weapon, bringing actions against opponents to the decrees and edicts of Henry VIII.
		The court remained active through the reigns of James I and Charles I. The traditional hostility between equity and common law was aggravated by the use made of the Star Chamber by the Stuarts as a vehicle for exercising the royal prerogative, particularly over church matters, in defiance of Parliament.
	www.bartleby.com /65/st/StarCham.html (323 words)

	Star Chamber -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Star Chamber evolved from meetings of the king's royal council, with its roots going back to the (additional info and facts about mediæval) mediæval period.
		Although the court could order (The act of torturing someone) torture, (A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment) prison, and (Money extracted as a penalty) fines, it did not have the power to impose the death sentence.
		Charles I made extensive use of the Court of Star Chamber to persecute dissenters, including the (Adheres to strict religious principles; opposed to sensual pleasures) Puritans who fled to (A region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut) New England.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/star_chamber.htm (682 words)

	The Star Chamber. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Star Chamber stood for swiftness and power; it was not a competitor of the common law so much as a limitation on it - a reminder that high state policy could not safely be entrusted to a system so chancy as English law.
		Star Chamber defendants were not only allowed counsel, but were required to get their answers signed by counsel.
		The jurisdiction of the star chamber was as vague as its constitution.
	www.geocities.com /tthor.geo/starchamber.html (1801 words)

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		The US Chamber of Commerce will host a rally on Capitol Hill on September 26, 2007 from 1PM - 4PM.
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		Keep up to date on how the Chamber is working for you on the issues that matter.
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	STAR CHAMBER - Online Information article about STAR CHAMBER
		president of the council, was added to the star chamber, the jurisdiction of which was at the same time confirmed.
		order of the law." It is popularly supposed that the star chamber, after an existence of about fifty years, disappeared towards the end of the reign of Henry VIII., the powers obtained by the act of 1487 being not lost, but reverting to the council as a whole.
		Treatise of the Court of Star Chamber," in vol.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SOU_STE/STAR_CHAMBER.html (2039 words)

	Court of Star Chamber (was: Is the Home Office right ?)
		But their procedures were also seen as oppressive, with the judges of both courts having the power to interrogate an accused person on oath.
		This meant that an accused person could be compelled by threat of punishment to swear an oath to tell the truth, and could then be interrogated by the court in order to determine whether or not he or she had committed an offence.
		Perhaps the most objectionable aspect of the procedure was that the accused could be interrogated on oath before any charges were laid, and without having even been informed of what it was that he or she was alleged to have done.
	www.chiark.greenend.org.uk /pipermail/ukcrypto/1999-August/044941.html (499 words)

	Secret Courts - Secret Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over the Judicial Conference, which is composed of the chief judges of the courts of appeals, one district judge from each regional circuit and the chief judge of the Court of International Trade.
		Chambers papers also describe exchanges between the bench and the bar and the relationship between the court and the community in ways that published opinions and official case files cannot.” (emphasis added.) “The Guide,” p.
		The Star Chamber proceedings, which caused our forefathers to leave England in the 17th century and land in Massachusetts, apparently stowed away -- like rodents -- and invaded this country and today continue to eat away at the very roots of an increasingly dysfunctional judicial system.
	www.apfn.org /apfn/secretcourts.htm (1353 words)

	The Star Chamber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Star Chamber was the historical meeting place for the King of England's councilors.
		The King and his councilors often carried out judicial proceedings and from that developed the Court of Star Chamber which was separate from the common law courts.
		By then, the court had become so hated that the term Star Chamber is now synonymous with an arbitrary and oppressive tribunal, one frequently used for political ends.
	hannibal.hannotations.com /chamber.html (379 words)

	Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It was during the chancellorship of Thomas Wolsey (1515–29) that the judicial activity of Star Chamber grew with greatest rapidity.
		The Court of Star Chamber was used to enforce the increased number of Charles's royal proclamations, such as those against enclosures and sheriffs who refused to collect ship money.
		Considerable opposition against Star Chamber came from the gentry, who protested against the centralization of government and who were revolted by the use of the pillory and corporal punishment on religious dissenters, many of whom were gentlemen and who, therefore, would not have been subjected to such treatment in the common-law courts.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/print_toc?tocId=9069439 (492 words)

	STAR WARS: ENCYCLOPEDIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The first Death Star destroyed Alderaan and was destroyed soon after that in the battle of Yavin.
		Echo Base: After the first Death Star was destroyed in the Battle of Yavin, the Rebels fled their base at Yavin 4 and built a new one on the icy planet Hoth and called it Echo Base.
		The stars of the system are referred to as Tatoo I and II, and the planet is orbited by two moons.
	www.afn.org /~afn37335/swency.htm (7375 words)

	Sport \| Silence on court for the star chamber off it
		We judge stars on their personality, their clothes, very often their sex appeal and also their private lives, or those bits they reveal, willingly or unwillingly.
		The women's entry for the four grand slam events could be reduced from 128 to 32 with no great loss, given the one-sided nature of most matches during the opening week, while leading players are spread so thinly on the WTA Tour that true competition is all but non-existent.
		At present, or so it seems, any on-court rivalries take second place to what is going on in the locker room and beyond.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4269866-108598,00.html (646 words)

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		This Court has frequently had occasion to emphasize that freedom of speech and press holds a preferred position among our constitutionally secured liberties; this freedom is among the “rights which we value most highly and which are essential to the workings of a free society”.
		Enforcement of the doctrine was vested in the Star Chamber because, unlike the common law courts, the Chamber was of royal prerogative and thus was not bound by the rules of evidence or procedure, heard only its own counsel, and sat only when it pleased.
		Those courts followed the doctrines of the Star Chamber and had the added power of inflicting the death penalty, which was often done by decapitation, drawing, quartering, severing of limbs, or excision of organs.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/curiae/html/376-254/011.htm (4108 words)

	Star Chamber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		For the online collectible card game of the same name, see Star Chamber (game).
		The Star Chamber was an English court of law at the royal Palace of Westminster, so named because the court chamber had a large star painted on its ceiling.
		Initially well regarded because of its speed and flexibility, it was made up of privy councilorss as well as common-law judges and supplemented the activities of the common-law and equity courts in both civil and criminal matters.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/star_chamber (776 words)

	Tamilia article
		The unbridled discretion of the juvenile court has been both the blessing and the curse of the juvenile justice system, and too frequently the achievements thereby produced are overshadowed by the more broadly advertised failures.
		(1) The juvenile court is designed with the scope of its legal powers, for the care and protection of dependent and neglected children for safeguarding their interests and enforcing the obligations of responsible adults; and for the correction, reeducation and rehabilitation of delinquent youth.
		The community-based family centers are a strong vehicle to aid juvenile courts to engage in the battle of prevention at the beginning and in the community, thereby achieving a reduction in court appearances and costs throughout the entire spectrum of juvenile court jurisdiction.
	www3.uakron.edu /lawrev/tamilia1.html (6732 words)

	Star Chamber on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Under Chancellor Wolsey's leadership (1515-29), the Court of Star Chamber became a political weapon, bringing actions against opponents to the decrees and edicts of Henry VIII.
		Chamber Member Awarded for Support of Guard and Reserve; D.O.D. Recognizes Landstar with ''5-Stars'' in Fla. Ceremony.
		Actress Melanie Griffith attends the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce ceremony for her mother Tippi Hedren who was honored with the 2,213th star on the "Hollywood Walk of Fame" on Thursday, January 30, 2
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/s/starc1ham.asp (986 words)

	Court of Star Chamber Research Materials
		It did not, as the Star Chamber did, include the judges, and, unlike the Star Chamber, which came to sit publicly and only during the law terms, it sat in private and all the year round.4 n4 In this capacity, it came to be known as the Council Table.
		The Star Chamber indeed fell in 1641, never to be revived, but the censorship survived the Commonwealth, and was under the Restoration (1662) given a strictly legal foundation by the Licensing Act of 1662, which by subsequent enactments was kept in force till 1695.3 [n3 See Macaulay, History of England, vol.
		By reason of this administrative resolution of 95-98% of all criminal matters in federal court today, the safeguards of defense counsel, judge and jury are no longer available and the modern version of the Star Chamber has taken over as the prevailing criminal court in the United States.
	www.lawmall.com /pleabarg/starcham.html (4647 words)

	Star Chamber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Star Chamber was a court controlled by the monarch (it was named after the room in which it originally met, a room in the royal palace of Westminster that had stars painted on the ceiling--a mundane enough source for what became an ominous and terror-inducing name).
		The court was created by Henry VIII in 1487, when Henry forced the Parliament to pass an act declaring the ancient right of the king's council to hear petitions of redress.
		In addition to the councillors, two judges of the royal courts were appointed to serve on this court.
	www.brysons.net /miltonweb/starchamber.html (164 words)

	Secret Courts - Secret Law
		Some authorities maintain that trials in the Star Chamber were public, but that witnesses against the accused were examined privately with no opportunity for the accused to discredit them.
		Chambers papers also describe exchanges between the bench and the bar and the relationship between the court and the community in ways that published opinions and official case files cannot." Guide, p.
		The Star Chamber proceedings, which caused our forefathers to leave England in the 17th century and land in Massachusetts, apparently stowed away like rodents that invaded this country and today continue to eat away at the roots of an increasingly dysfunctional judicial system.
	www.tulanelink.com /tulanelink/secretlaw_02a.htm (1522 words)

	COURT OF STAR CHAMBER - Online Information article about COURT OF STAR CHAMBER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
		The records of this court are nearly all of later date than this act.
		Selden Society, Select Cases in the Star Chamber, 1477—1509, edited by I. Leadam.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /COR_CRE/COURT_OF_STAR_CHAMBER.html (272 words)

	Court of Star Chamber -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The court's primary function was to deal with civil petitions from poor people and the king's servants.
		English ecclesiastical court instituted by the crown in the 16th century as a means to enforce the laws of the Reformation settlement and exercise control over the church.
		The courts are the branch of government that must make decisions about problems of civil and criminal law with fairness and...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9069439 (889 words)

	Star Chamber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In English history, a civil and criminal court, named after the star-shaped ceiling decoration of the room in the Palace of Westminster, London, where its first meetings were held.
		Created in 1487 by Henry VII, the Star Chamber comprised some 20 or 30 judges.
		The Star Chamber became notorious under Charles I for judgements favourable to the king and to Archbishop Laud (for example, the branding on both cheeks of William Prynne in 1637 for seditious libel).
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0020701.html (171 words)

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