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?.
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