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The Magna Carta Manifesto : Liberties and Commons for All.
Focuses on the state of liberty and shows how longstanding restraints against tyranny - and the rights of habeas corpus, trial by jury, and due process of law, and the prohibition of torture - are being abridged. This book demonstrates how these ancient rights are repeatedly laid aside when the gree...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- CONTENTS; Illustrations; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Two Charters; 3. The Commodity and the Commons; 4. Charters Lost and Found; 5. The Charters in Blackface and Whiteface; 6. 1776 and Runnamede; 7. The Law of the Jungle; 8. Magna Carta and the U.S. Supreme Court; 9. Icon and Idol; 10. This Land Was Made by You and Me; 11. The Constitution of the Commons; 12. Conclusion; Appendix; 1. Magna Carta; 2. The Charter of the Forest; Glossary; Further Reading; Index.