The Rights and Aspirations of the Magna Carta

The Rights and Aspirations of the Magna Carta edited by Elizabeth Gibson-Morgan, Alexis Chommeloux.

This book provides an original and multidisciplinary approach on Magna Carta (1215) as a joint heritage, a source of inspiration both for long established democracies and countries which only recently experienced the Rule of Law. Far from simply extolling the virtues associated with Magna Carta, it...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gibson-Morgan, Elizabeth (Editor), Chommeloux, Alexis (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Europe—History—476-1492.
Europe—History—1492-.
World history.
Law—History.
World politics.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Elizabeth Gibson-Morgan and Alexis Chommeloux
  • 1. King John, Magna Carta and the Thirteenth-Century English Church; Elizabeth Gemmill
  • 2. Magna Carta 1815-2015: Filling up the Gaps; Kenneth O. Morgan
  • 3. US Supreme Court v. US Supreme Court: Modern Use of Magna Carta; Geraldine Gadbin-George
  • 4. Exploring the Magna Carta and Governmental Immunity Doctrines: The View from the United States; Credence Sol
  • 5. A New Magna Carta? The Written Constitution Debate in the United Kingdom; Andrew Blick
  • 6 'Omnibus liberis hominibus': The Rights of Refugees, Migrants and Exiles; Alison Harvey)
  • 7. Where is Magna Carta Today?; Matthias Kelly
  • 8. Magna Carta and the Charter of the European Union; Peter Gjørtler.

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