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Angevin Kings
Author_Ralph Turner
Baronial Committee
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Central Government
charter
common
Common Counsel
Common Law Courts
Common Lawyers
constitutional history
courts
due process rights
Edward II
Edward III
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evolution of English liberties
Forest Charter
Free Men
George III
great
Great Charter
Habeas Corpus
Henry II
Henry III
III's Reign
III’s Reign
Innocent III
john
king
KING JOHN
kings
law
legal heritage
medieval governance
Middle Age
Rebel Barons
Richard III
Richard Lionheart
royal
Royal Justice
Sir Edward Coke
transatlantic legal influence
Tudor legal reforms
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781138146914
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 26 Nov 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This new history is the first to tell the story of Magna Carta ‘through the ages’. No other general work traces its continuing importance in England’s political consciousness. Many books have examined the circumstances surrounding King John’s grant of Magna Carta in 1215. Very few trace the Charter’s legacy to subsequent centuries and even fewer look at the fate of the physical document. Turner also underlines its great influence outside the United Kingdom, especially in North America. Today, the Charter enjoys greater prestige in the United States, the land of lawyers, than in Britain. U.S. citizens claim Magna Carta as a source of their liberties, guaranteeing ‘due process of law’ and condemning ‘executive privilege’.
