Our Constitution isn't just a list of rights; it created a government system that guards against tyranny—and that's why it ...

At AEI on Thursday, Philip Hamburger of Columbia Law School argued that the Magna Carta is important, not so much for what it says, but for what it reveals about the enduring danger of absolute power ...

The U.S. Constitution is the foundation for a well-ordered government of laws, and not of men, writes the first counselor in ...

Up the River Thames 20 miles from London lies Runnymede, where King John in 1215 fixed his seal to a strip of parchment that Winston Churchill later called “the most famous milestone of our rights and ...

The Magna Carta, or “Great Charter” — to which England’s King John affixed his seal June 15, 1215, 810 years ago Sunday — was essentially a peace treaty that was intended to end a civil war between ...

As we near America’s July birthday, it is useful to remind ourselves that preceding that date in both calendar months and centuries is the June anniversary of the signing of England’s Magna Carta.

Andrew Blick's book 'Beyond Magna Carta: a Constitution for the United Kingdom' is now available at the Library. A Senior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History, Blick wrote this book bearing ...

If the 4th of July has a pre-game, it is June 15. On that date in 1215, the Magna Carta was signed, beginning a gradual process of defined individual rights and limiting the power and authority of the ...

May 15 (Reuters) - Harvard’s law school library paid $27.50 in 1946 to acquire what was billed as a “somewhat rubbed and damp-stained” copy of the Magna Carta from 1327 to add to its robust collection ...