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   Magna Carta

   Magna Carta (Latin for Great Charter, literally "Great Paper"), also called Magna Carta Libertatum (Great Charter of Freedoms), is an English legal charter, originally issued in the year 1215. ... Magna Carta is thought to be the crucial turning point in the struggle to establish freedom and a key element in the transformation of constitutional thinking throughout the world.
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   Human rights

   "It is not a treaty...[In the future, it] may well become the international Magna Carta." ... The UDHR urges member nations to promote a number of human, civil, economic and social rights, asserting these rights are part of the "foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world."
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   Runnymede

   Each step is different to all others, with the entire flight made from 60,000 hand-cut granite setts. ... Detail of the roof of the Magna Carta memorial.
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   History of human rights

   | —Clause XXIX of the Magna Carta | ... The UDHR urges member nations to promote a number of human, civil, economic and social rights, asserting these rights are part of the "foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world".
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   Due process

   Since then, the Supreme Court has decided that numerous other freedoms that do not appear in the plain text of the Constitution are nevertheless protected by the Constitution. ... ↑ The Text of Magna Carta (1215)
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   Statutes of Mortmain

   Cases became so complicated that a special assize, the Assize of Utrum was established in the middle of the 1100s. ... The Magna Carta of 1215 gave little mention of the rights of alienation.
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   Civil liberties

   Civil liberties are freedoms that protect the individual from the government. ... This was in reference to the recent anti-terrorism laws and in particular the extension to pre-trial detention, that is perceived by many to be an infringement of Habeas Corpus established in the Magna Carta in 1215.
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   Economic freedom

   Magna Carta marks one of the earliest attempts to limit a sovereign's authority and it is seen as a symbol of the rule of law. ... Four Freedoms (European Union)
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   Civil liberties in the United Kingdom

   This is usually considered to have begun with the Magna Carta of 1215. ... In other words, civil liberties are the "rights" or "freedoms" which underpin democracy.
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    Constitution

    Magna Carta ... Especially important is the court's responsibility to protect constitutionally established rights and freedoms.

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