Harvard Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original.
www.nytimes.com
Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.
  • innerwar@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    Is the magna carter the basis for American style of winner takes all culture? 51 percent want one way and 49 don’t get anything.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      I any know about that, but it’s the basis of a lot of English/American law. It codified Habeas corpus, for example.

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      The Magna Carta put strict limits on the power of English kings, and created the right to jury of one’s peers among other things.