MAGNA CARTA

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance. This clause was particularly interesting in that almost all freedoms have expanded from the Magna Carta in modern democracies. However in this one there was an absolute direct prohibition against the King—the State—taking private property without the owners consent. In modern democracies the right is not as strong as the original. The state, if it needs the property, wood or whatever, and the owner refuses to give it or sell it to the state, the government can condemn the property but must pay the owner the fair market value of the property seized. As a practical matter, the kings of England paid little or no heed to this clause. One of the sources of conflict between the English Royal Navy and the American Colonists was the practice of Naval agents finding tall straight trees, good for the main mast of a ship, and marking it thereby prohibiting the property owner of cutting down that tree until the Crown sent a crew to fell the tree and take it for ship building. They paid no attention to Aticle 31 whatsoever.

John Lackland, c. 1167-1216. Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance. This was one of the most important freedoms that established free trade as a principle—one of the reasons that England became so prosperous." John Lackland

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance

The Magna Carta is not generally known as a document establishing women's rights, but there was one key provision. Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance. This, before Magna Carta, was a common occurrence especially by the military. In many countries, even in modern times, this restriction does not exist. The resentment developed from this practice was a major factor in the Chinese people turning in the Nationalist government in favor of the Communists after WWII. Mao Tse-Tung's soldiers always paid for what they took or used if not donated freely. Not so Chiang's military." John Lackland

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance. Prior to Magna Carta, anyone with a civil suit had to take his case to the King's court which moved about as the King traveled. This set the precedent of a fixed court for a jurisdiction, something we totally take for granted today." John Lackland

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance. This was one of the most important freedoms that established free trade as a principle—one of the reasons that England became so prosperous." John Lackland

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance. Prior to Magna Carta, anyone with a civil suit had to take his case to the King's court which moved about as the King traveled. This set the precedent of a fixed court for a jurisdiction, something we totally take for granted today." John Lackland

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance. A villain was a herdsman, a rancher, a sheepherder, a hog farmer." John Lackland

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance. This, before Magna Carta, was a common occurrence especially by the military. In many countries, even in modern times, this restriction does not exist. The resentment developed from this practice was a major factor in the Chinese people turning in the Nationalist government in favor of the Communists after WWII. Mao Tse-Tung's soldiers always paid for what they took or used if not donated freely. Not so Chiang's military." John Lackland

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance.

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance

John Lackland, c. 1167-1216. Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance

The Magna Carta is not generally known as a document establishing women's rights, but there was one key provision. Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance. This clause was particularly interesting in that almost all freedoms have expanded from the Magna Carta in modern democracies. However in this one there was an absolute direct prohibition against the King—the State—taking private property without the owners consent. In modern democracies the right is not as strong as the original. The state, if it needs the property, wood or whatever, and the owner refuses to give it or sell it to the state, the government can condemn the property but must pay the owner the fair market value of the property seized. As a practical matter, the kings of England paid little or no heed to this clause. One of the sources of conflict between the English Royal Navy and the American Colonists was the practice of Naval agents finding tall straight trees, good for the main mast of a ship, and marking it thereby prohibiting the property owner of cutting down that tree until the Crown sent a crew to fell the tree and take it for ship building. They paid no attention to Aticle 31 whatsoever.

Sealed under duress and later repudiated by the King with Papal assistance