Magna Carta uncovered / Anthony Arlidge and Igor Judge.

Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2014.

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Magna Carta.

Constitutional history -- Great Britain.

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1154-1399.

1. Who made Magna Carta?

2. William Marshal

3. What was Magna Carta?

4. Religion

5. Rebellion

6. Freeman

7. Law and order

8. Trial by peers - clauses 39 and 40

9. Taxes

10. The King under the law

11. London and other cities

12. Commerce

13. Robin Hood and the royal forests

14. Wales and Scotland

15. The charter restored

16. Towards democracy

17. Due process

18. The charter survives

19. The rule of law

20. Reason of state

21. Ship money

22. Independence of the jury and the right to silence

23. Towards an independent judiciary

24. The bill of rights

25. Rebellion in America.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781849465564

xv, 222 p. ; 25 cm