A close-up of the Magna Carta, written in Medieval Latin. The Magna Carta charter, written in 1215, required that the king of England, King John, cede absolute power. Four copies of the document were ...

LONDON — Eight centuries ago, a peace treaty came into being that would become a pillar of English law and the basis of constitutional democracies in the United States and around the world hundreds of ...

Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30.But two researchers have concluded it ...

For centuries the Magna Carta, or "Great Charter," has been held up as an enduring symbol of freedom and democracy. It was signed, or more accurately sealed, by England's King John on June 15, 1215, ...

The British Library is now showing original manuscripts of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, the first time they've come to the United Kingdom. But those documents are not ...

Harvard Law School’s ‘cheap copy’ of Magna Carta was shown to be an original - Harvard Law School/Lorin Granger A copy of Magna Carta bought by Harvard University for just $27 in the 1940s is an ...

Law Library Special Collections Rare Book Room Exhibits Exploring Magna Carta This is the first printed edition of Bracton, which had circulated in manuscript for centuries. This edition was printed ...

The idea that our rights are rooted in history is hugely attractive in anxious times. Liberty is the natural and enduring state of humanity, according to our hopeful modern interpretation of Magna ...