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Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II: To uphold the Magna Carta and end the treason in parliament
Jake R.
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Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II
Magna Carta, which means ‘The Great Charter’, is one of the most important documents in history as it established the principle that everyone is subject to the law, even the king, and guarantees the rights of individuals, the right to justice and the right to a fair trial.
The document can be divided into sections :
The first clauses concern the position of the Catholic Church in England.
Those that follow state that John will be less harsh on the barons.
Many of the clauses concern England's legal system.
Magna Carta promised laws that were good and fair. It states that everyone shall have access to courts and that costs and money should not be an issue if someone wanted to take a problem to the law courts. It also states that no freeman (i.e. a person who was not a serf) will be imprisoned or punished without first going through the proper legal system. In future years the word "freeman" was replaced by "no one" to include everybody. The last few sections deal with how the Magna Carta would be enforced in England. Twenty five barons were given the responsibility of making sure the king carried out what was stated in the Magna Carta...
The document can be divided into sections :
The first clauses concern the position of the Catholic Church in England.
Those that follow state that John will be less harsh on the barons.
Many of the clauses concern England's legal system.
Magna Carta promised laws that were good and fair. It states that everyone shall have access to courts and that costs and money should not be an issue if someone wanted to take a problem to the law courts. It also states that no freeman (i.e. a person who was not a serf) will be imprisoned or punished without first going through the proper legal system. In future years the word "freeman" was replaced by "no one" to include everybody. The last few sections deal with how the Magna Carta would be enforced in England. Twenty five barons were given the responsibility of making sure the king carried out what was stated in the Magna Carta...
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