A yellowing piece of parchment covered in Latin, the Magna Carta now on view at the Library of Congress is as charming as a tax form. Hey, no one ever said cornerstones of constitutional law and civil ...

Eight hundred years ago next month, on a reedy stretch of riverbank in southern England, the most important bargain in the history of the human race was struck. I realize that’s a big claim, but in ...

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 ...

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Commemorate the storied document's 800th anniversary with a few special accessories. Illustration by Shaylyn Esposito Famous stick-in-the-mud Oliver Cromwell may have once dismissed the Magna Carta as ...

Magna Carta’s importance lies in what it reveals about the enduring danger of absolute power and the repeated constitutional responses in common law countries of its substitute—rule under law. Article ...

Sometimes, the most stunning discoveries aren’t buried under feet of earth or stashed in a cave, but hiding in plain view. They’re tucked away in some musty archive — discovered, documented, but ...

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 ...

A “copy” of Magna Carta bought decades ago by Harvard Law School for just $27.50 is now understood to be an extremely rare original from 1300, according to new research. British historians were able ...

A good TV quiz question this year would be: “2015 is the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta. True or false?” Contrary to what all children are taught, the answer is false. First, King ...