Magna Carta and its modern legacy / edited by Robert Hazell and James Melton.

Magna Carta is celebrated around the world as a symbol of limited government and constitutionalism. But in 1215 Magna Carta was a failure, abrogated within months. Why then do we celebrate this piece of parchment? To mark the 800th anniversary this book brings together top scholars from the UK, US a...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Cambridge)
Other Authors:	Hazell, Robert (Editor), Melton, James, 1981- (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Series:	Comparative constitutional law and policy.
Subjects:	Constitutional history > Great Britain. Constitutional history > United States. Rule of law. Civil rights. Constitutional history. Great Britain. United States.