When is Magna Carta Day?
Thursday June 15thMAGNA CARTA DAY
Magna Carta Day, June 15, commemorates the signing of the Great Charter, which limited the power of the English monarch's reigns.
The Magna Carta came about after barons revolted against King John's taxes and feudal law, but it detailed specific rights and privileges that previous documents had ignored. On June 15, 1215, King John signed the document at Runnymede.
Some of the weight of due process written into our policies today comes from the articles published in the Magna Carta over 800 years ago. Basic principals laid out in 1215 are trial trials by a jury of our peers and compensation for commodities confiscated for national needs.
Magna Carta's architecture inspired the creation of significant documents that rule the modern world. The English Bill of Rights was signed in 1689, restricting the reign of the monarchy's reign until now, and 13 articles specifically defined freedoms. The style and the concepts harken back to the Magna Carta. The Magna Carta provided the following: The United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Bill of Rights, and several states' constitutions all relied on the Magna Carta for direction.
