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 and Australia to answer this
question and analyse Magna Carta's historic and contemporary
influence. Using a political science framework, Magna Carta and its
Modern Legacy draws from scholarship on influence and
constitutional design to explain how parchment can contain
executive power. Individual chapters on Britain discuss such topics
as socioeconomic rights in Magna Carta; Magna Carta and the British
constitution; and public understanding of the charter.
Internationally focused chapters look at Magna Carta and jury trial
in America, slavery in the Caribbean, court delays in the Pacific,
the proportionality principle, and judicial supremacy.
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