The Magna Carta, Latin for “Great Charter” is a foundational document for democracy, in that it forced tyrannical kings—beginning with King John 1 in year 1215 AD—to submit to the rule of law, rights, ...
Eight hundred years ago last week in a meadow west of London, King John of England did something peculiar for a king: He promised to obey “the law of the land.” And thus was born, we have been taught, ...
More than eight centuries after Magna Carta first laid the foundations of the rule of law, the Justice for All series opened its doors beneath the dome of the Old Bailey—under the watchful gaze of ...
Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300. By Stephen Castle Reporting from ...
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