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Article: Magna Carta RIP; HOW JUSTICE AND FREECDOM DIED ON THIS STRETCH OF WATER... WHEN A MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR PADDLING IN HIS CANOE.(News)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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Byline: david BANK
WHEN they try to find the exact place Magna Carta died, they might well point to a spot on the River Dee. "Magna Carta dead," you say? "I didn't even know she was ill!" - which sort of proves my point.
But he, or rather it, had a good run, 800 years or so since the signature by King John and his acceptance that his power, the power of the state, could be limited.
Now the legal scholars among you - and I know there are many - may point out that our Magna Carta rights have been frittered away over the years and even habeas corpus went out the window when they decided any Eurocop with a warrant could cart us off to countries where they can bang ...
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Article: Sale confirms value of city's magna carta
Lincolnshire Echo;
December 20, 2007 ;
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...Lincoln's Magna Carta has been confirmed as one of the world...yesterday bought one of only 17 copies of Magna Carta. Dated 1297, the document was issued under King Edward I. But Lincoln's Magna Carta is a much earlier and rarer version...
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