Magna Carta 1

  • Nobles weren’t happy with England’s King John and his increasing tax policy
    • Nobles rebelled against him, to take king John accountable
  • Magna Carta: law that government can only govern with the acceptance of his people (1215)
    • No one is above the law
    • Justice and due process is the right of every free man
    • Only applied to nobles

References

Footnotes

  1. Magna Carta - UK Parliament