Two Important Documents in the
quest for Human Dignity
1215 and 1776
Magna
Carta, also called Magna Carta Libertatum (the Great
Charter of Freedoms), is an English legal charter,
originally issued in the year 1215. It was written in
Latin and is known by its Latin name. The usual English
translation of Magna Carta is Great Charter.
Magna Carta required King John of England to proclaim
certain rights (pertaining to freemen), respect certain
legal procedures, and accept that his will could be bound
by the law. It explicitly protected certain rights of the
King's subjects, whether free or fettered — and
implicitly supported what became the writ of habeas
corpus, allowing appeal against unlawful imprisonment.
The
United States Declaration of Independence
adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776,
which announced that the thirteen American colonies then
at war with Great Britain were now independent states,
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