Magna Carta
About this Collection
Magna Carta (1215) is one of the core documents of Anglo-American legal and constitutional liberty. The books in this collection contain various copies of the charter (in both Latin and English) as well as essays about its significance.
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Justin Champion (author)
Quotes
Law
Sir Edward Coke explains one of the key sections of Magna Carta on English liberties (1642)
Law
The legal historian Hazeltine wrote in an essay commemorating the 700th anniversary of Magna Carta that the American colonists regarded Magna Carta as the “bulwark of their rights as Englishmen” (1917)
Free Trade
The right to free trade under Magna Carta (1215)
Taxation
Under Magna Carta the King cannot impose taxes without the approval of the “common counsel” of the kingdom (1215)