ISBN | 9781107533103 |
Call Number | JN147 .M33 2015 |
Title | Magna Carta and its modern legacy / Robert Hazell and James Melton. |
Edition | 1st ed. |
Imprint | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015. |
Physical | xii, 272 p. ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Content | 1. Magna carta...holy grail ? -- 2. Magna carta, the rule of law and the feform of the constiution -- 3. Eight centuries on: Who are britain's barons now ? -- 4. What magna cara means to the modern british public -- 5. The troublesome inheritance of Americans in magna carta and trial by Jury -- 6. Magna carta, the 'sugar colonies' and 'fantasies of empire' -- 7. Magna carta furstrated ? Institutional delay in the Pacific Island States of the commonwealth -- 8. Magna carta and modern myth-making: proportionality in the 'cruel and unusual pumishments' clause -- 9. Judicial supremacy: explaining false starts and surprising successes -- 10. More magna than magna carta: magna carta's sister - the charter of the forest -- 11. Michael Oakeshott, the legendary past and magna carta. |
Subject | Constitutional history -- Great Britain. (7) |
| Constitutional history -- United States. (7) |
| Rule of law. (21) |
| Civil rights. (22) |
Added Entry | Hazell, Robert. (3) |
| Melton, James. |
Holding | LIC |
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