Eight hundred years ago on this day, June 15, King John signed a document that changed the course of history. The Magna Carta limited his own powers and set forth the rights of the people, forming the ...

Magna Carta: Think of a time when the king's word was law and no one could question it. That's how it worked for hundreds of years. But in June 1215, something amazing happened at Runnymede, England.

This year is the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. Most Americans have heard of Magna Carta, but few know its history or the role it plays today in Anglo–American constitutional law. Fewer still know ...

I’m no Magna Carta fanboy, but many revolutionaries appropriated the document to legitimise their causes. By Owen Jones First off, I’m no Magna Carta fanboy. ­Before I’m castigated as a traitor to all ...