What is the Magna Carta?
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This is a document writtne in 1215 by Archbishop Stephen Langton. It was a powerful charter, esentially a constitution that dictated a lawful means of interaction between the King and the fuedal lords of the land. It's intent was to prevent oppression from the king, and to protect the surfs and laymen of the country. It laid the ground work for common law. It provided the right for all to have access to the courts despite the costs involved with trials. War broke out and King John lost his lands in France. To overcome this burden, John raised taxes without the consent of the fuedal barrons. this was a breach of the charter and the Magna Carta's powere unfortunately flamed out. With war still going strong King John subsequently died leaving the throne to his 9 year old son Henry the III.
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Do you mean the constitution? A constitution is a system, often codified in a written document, which establishes the rules and principles by which an organization is governed. In the case of nation states, this term refers specifically to a national constitution, which defines its nation's fundamental political principles and establishes the power and duties of each government. Most national constitutions also guarantee certain rights to the people.
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The Preamble is the introduction to the US Constitution.\n\nAs an intro, it lists the specific goals that the Constitution meets.\nThere are six of them.\nOne other very important principle is also mentioned in the Preamble - popular sovereignty. (the people rule)\nThe words ..We The People..  emphasize the Framers' belief that government  ultimately should be in the hands of the people. \nThey built on John Locke's idea that legitimate government exists because of the ...consent of the governed....
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Magna Carta (Latin for "Great Charter", literally "Great Paper"), also called Magna Carta Libertatum ("Great Charter of Freedoms"), is an English charter originally issued in 1215. Magna Carta was the most significant early influence on the long historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law today. Magna Carta was originally created because of disagreements between Pope Innocent III, King John and his English barons about the rights of the King. Magna Carta required the king to renounce certain rights, respect certain legal procedures and accept that the will of the king could be bound by law.
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Baron Montesquieu of France developed the doctrine of separation of powers which is a key concept in understanding the US constitution. It also forms a key concept in development of constitutions around the world.\n\nJohn Locke argued that a Government could only be legitimate if it had the consent of the people and protected life, liberty and property. If not, subjects had a right to rebellion. This was a key point in the American revolution and is a key concept in liberal democratic thought.
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It's from the Count of Monte Christo by Baroness D'Orcay (not sure of the spelling here)so maybe if you look that up on the net - I think it was 'All the money to buy Italy' - but i'm not 100% sure. Chapter 18 of the book tings a bell - Good Luck!
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sent to your home?\n\nI'm not sure, but there are lots of websites you could download and print it.  Most encyclopedias include a copy (our old World Book's have it).\n\nYou can get the full text at this site, along with other information.\nhttp://origin.www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/\n\nThe US constitution is not a complex legal document (even though it is being turned into one by complex legal people).  It is not too long.  It is pretty clear. \n\nEveryone in the US should be famaliar with this document.\n\nThe preamble is poetic.  The bill of rights (the attachement) is the key to our way of life.\n\nGood luck and good reading.
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The Magna Carta is one of the early documents that helped to model a government of the people. As such, it is an early precursor to our own Constitution. To do any real Constitutional history study, the Magna Carta must be studied. It would be like studying English without learning the alphabet.
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The two main ideals from the Magna Carta that affect American law is the right to due process, and the idea that the executive's power is limited. As a note, even in the UK, the Magna Carta has mostly been repealed (since much of it is irrelevant nowadays).
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In January, the European Court of Human Rights declared that England's adverse possession law (which had been around for several centuries) actually effected an unconstitutional taking of property.  I've included a link that tries to make sense of this bizarre development.
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The most radical departure was the presidency, instead of a monarchy.  The British had the Magna Carta, and actually a pretty good judicial system (which we adopted to a great extent), and they had parliament which was not that different from congress.  But a monarchy that is inherited is vastly different from a presidency which is voted upon every four years.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudal_society
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None.  It was enacted as a response to the searches carried out by England which were the primary reason for the revolutionary wat.  England was issuing "writs of assistance" to customs officers to combat the growing problem of smuggling to avoid taxes paid to England.
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I think the reference you're making is probably to\nthe engraving which shows two tables, with Roman\nnumerals, which are probably depictions of the two\ntablets of the ten commandments.  At:\n\nhttp://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/rel_liberty/faqs.aspx?id=12147&\n\nit describes them as:\n\n  The bottom of one door to the courtroom has a\n  carving of two tablets with the Roman numerals\n  1 to 10, but no text.\n\nAnother reference (with a picture):\n\nhttp://politicaltherapy.blogspot.com/2005/03/supreme-court-could-rule-own-building.html\n\nsays:\n  ...display on the doors of the court itself, each of which\n  displays icons of the two tablets with an "implied\n  Ten Commandments" on them.\n\nFinally, however, other references discuss *other* things\non the doors:\n\nhttp://www.eteel.com/Washington_DC/photos/supreme_court.html\nhttp://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/courtbuilding.pdf\nhttp://www.usscplus.com/info/building.htm\n\n  One can enter the building through the opened bronze doors\n  of the west front, each of which weight six and one-half\n  tons and slides into a wall recess when open. The door\n  panels, sculpted by John Donnelly, Jr., depict historic\n  scenes in the development of law: the trial scene from the\n  shield of Achilles, as described in the Iliad; a Roman\n  praetor publishing an edict; Julian and a pupil; Justinian\n  publishing the Corpus Juris; King John sealing the Magna\n  Carta; the Chancellor publishing the first Statute of\n  Westminster; Lord Coke barring King James from sitting as a\n  Judge; and Chief Justice Marshall and Justice Story.
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We, as the United States, never existed in the 1200's... unless you are critizing the way things are run in this country and comparing it with the time the Magna Carta came out, well i say, we, as the people have more say in the government, for our leader is elected, and our government is bulit on the framework of the US Constitution, which had some influence from the Magna Carta.
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The Constitution of the United States
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Magna Carta\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nJump to: navigation, search\n"The Magna Carta" redirects here. This article follows the usual academic style and uses "Magna Carta" with no "The" \nFor other uses, see Magna Carta (disambiguation).\n Magna CartaMagna Carta (Latin for "Great Charter", literally "Great Paper"), also called Magna Carta Libertatum ("Great Charter of Freedoms"), is an English charter originally issued in 1215. Magna Carta was the most significant early influence on the long historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law today. Magna Carta was originally created because of disagreements between Pope Innocent III, King John and his English barons about the rights of the King. Magna Carta required the king to renounce certain rights, respect certain legal procedures and accept that the will of the king could be bound by law.\n\nThere are a number of popular misconceptions about Magna Carta, such as that it was the first document to limit the power of an English king by law (it was not the first, and was partly based on the Charter of Liberties); that it in practice limited the power of the king (it mostly did not in the Middle Ages); and that it is a single static document (it is a variety of documents referred to under a common name).\n\nMagna Carta was renewed throughout the Middle Ages, and further during the Tudor and Stuart periods, and the 17th and 18th centuries. By the early 19th century most clauses had been repealed from English law. The influence of Magna Carta outside England can be seen in the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights. Indeed just about every common law state has been influenced by Magna Carta, making it one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy.