In May 1983 a major event took place in Corpus Christi. The Magna Carta — the Great Charter — was here.

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30. But two researchers have ...

A close-up of the Magna Carta, written in Medieval Latin. The Magna Carta charter, written in 1215, required that the king of England, King John, cede absolute power. Four copies of the document were ...

LONDON — Eight centuries ago, a peace treaty came into being that would become a pillar of English law and the basis of constitutional democracies in the United States and around the world hundreds of ...

Law Library Special Collections Rare Book Room Exhibits Exploring Magna Carta This is the first printed edition of Bracton, which had circulated in manuscript for centuries. This edition was printed ...

The British Library is now showing original manuscripts of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, the first time they've come to the United Kingdom. But those documents are not ...

Nearly 800 years ago, in a meadow west of London, a king signed a charter that stripped away some of his power and confirmed the basic rights of his subjects. The Magna Carta - Latin for "Great ...

Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30.But two researchers have concluded it ...