Single Idea 22824

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / b. Rule of law]

Full Idea

The Magna Carta forbids the King to imprison indefinitely without trial, and also binds the King to follow due process in his courts and not allow the justice provided to be for sale.

Gist of Idea

Magna Carta forbids prison without trial, and insists on neutral and correct process

Source

report of - (Magna Carta [1215]) by John Charvet - Liberalism: the basics 02

Book Reference

Charvet,John: 'Liberalism: the basics' [Routledge 2019], p.9


A Reaction

Very exasperating for a medieval monarch. In current times British law is exceedingly slow (so long imprisonment before trial), and the necessary effective advocates cost vastly too much for all but a tiny minority. So it's going badly.