silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoHarvard Law Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1278
arrow-up1278external-linkHarvard Law Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareinnerwar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoIs the magna carter the basis for American style of winner takes all culture? 51 percent want one way and 49 don’t get anything.
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThe Magna Carta put strict limits on the power of English kings, and created the right to jury of one’s peers among other things.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoI any know about that, but it’s the basis of a lot of English/American law. It codified Habeas corpus, for example.
Is the magna carter the basis for American style of winner takes all culture? 51 percent want one way and 49 don’t get anything.
The Magna Carta put strict limits on the power of English kings, and created the right to jury of one’s peers among other things.
That’s definitely a good part to keep
I any know about that, but it’s the basis of a lot of English/American law. It codified Habeas corpus, for example.