Magna Carta established for the first time that everybody was subject to the law, and that nobody, not even the king, was above that law." It was also the foundation of human rights.

The Magna Carta barons’ and Edward Coke’s achievements were milestones on the road toward protecting citizens against the state. The legacy of Magna Carta, nevertheless, is double-edged.

The Palace of Westminster will hold a mock trial of barons and bishops to mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta. Barons and bishops forced King John to sign the sacred ...

I t’s remarkable that the English-speaking world remembers Magna Carta. The product of a struggle between King John and his barons, it was sealed on the bank of the Thames 800 years ago, on June ...

So the Barons brought a Deed; Down to rushy Runnymede, Magna Carta was its hight, Charter of the People’s Right, Framed and fashioned to correct Kings who act with disrespect -” — Eleanor ...

In June 1215, the despotic King John accepted the demands of rebellious barons and agreed to a densely written legal document in Latin spelling out curbs on his powers. Magna Carta — "The Great ...

On June 15, 1215, on the banks of the River Thames in Runneymede, England, King John sealed the Magna Carta, Latin for Great Charter, temporarily ending a dispute with a group of rebellious barons.

Magna Carta subordinated the king to written rule of law and protected the rebellious barons' rights, including from illegal imprisonment. It states: "No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or ...

Monday is the 800th anniversary of the day in 1215 that rotten King John put his seal to the sheet of parchment called the Articles of the Barons—later to be known as Magna Carta —at Runnymede ...

So the Barons brought a Deed; Down to rushy Runnymede, Magna Carta was its hight, Charter of the People’s Right, Framed and fashioned to correct Kings who act with disrespect -” — Eleanor ...

The Magna Carta itself was King John’s answer to a petition from the barons. Id., at 30-38. Borough of Duryea, Penn. v. Guarnieri, 131 S.Ct. 2488, 2499 (2011).