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1. Eighth Amendment: The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution states: The Eighth Amendment is almost identical to a provision in the English Bill of Rights of 1689, in which Parliament declared, "as their ancestors in like cases have usually done...that ... [100%] 2023-02-17 [Eighth Amendment] [Bill of Rights]...
2. Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution: Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution : Limits "cruel and unusual" punishments for crimes. [53%] 2023-07-02
3. Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution: The Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII) to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments. This amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the United States Bill of ... (1791 amendment regulating forms of punishment) [53%] 2024-01-08 [1791 in American law] [United States Bill of Rights]...
4. Forty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India: The Forty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Forty-eighth Amendment) Act, 1984, inserted a new proviso in clause (5) of article 356 of the Constitution in order to provide that in the case ... [50%] 2023-12-24 [Amendments of the Constitution of India] [1984 in Indian law]...
5. Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland: The Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Act 2009 (previously bill no. 49 of 2009) is an amendment of the Constitution of Ireland which permitted the state to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon of the European Union. (To permit the state to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon) [50%] 2023-11-06 [2009 elections in Europe] [2009 in international relations]...
6. Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland: The Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland is an amendment to the Constitution of Ireland which altered the provisions regulating divorce. It removed the constitutional requirement for a defined period of separation before a Court may grant a ... (2019 amendment easing divorce restrictions) [50%] 2024-09-26 [2019 in Irish law] [2019 in Irish politics]...