Justice Secretary David Lammy is pushing a sweeping overhaul of England’s and Wales’ criminal courts that would strip ...

Robert Jenrick has accused David Lammy of "ripping up this ancient part of our constitution" after unveiling plans to scrap ...

Among the many signs that were held at the No Kings Rally on Oct. 18, there was one that caught my eye and really resonated ...

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SPEAKER Faustino Dy III has vowed to prioritize the passage of a long-overdue Magna Carta for Barangays, a landmark measure that will finally grant barangay officials the recognition, dignity, and ...

The Magna Carta was signed on June 15, 1215, when King John met with the Barons at Runnymede, a meadow on the south bank of the River Thames, just outside London. It is considered one of the most ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ray Brescia, Albany Law School (THE CONVERSATION) As the United States edges up to the ...

For decades, a tattered and misdated parchment sat largely unnoticed in the Harvard Law School Library’s archives. Purchased in 1946 for just $27.50, it was presumed to be an unremarkable 14th-century ...

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 ...

Recently, British researchers determined that a copy of the Magna Carta (“Great Charter” in Latin) owned by Harvard Law School is authentic. The Magna Carta, signed by King John of England in 1215, ...

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 ...