The Magna Carta Manifesto
| Author | : Peter Linebaugh |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 2008-02-10 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0520932706 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780520932708 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (708 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Magna Carta Manifesto written by Peter Linebaugh and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-02-10 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable book shines a fierce light on the current state of liberty and shows how longstanding restraints against tyranny—and the rights of habeas corpus, trial by jury, and due process of law, and the prohibition of torture—are being abridged. In providing a sweeping history of Magna Carta, the source of these protections since 1215, this powerful book demonstrates how these ancient rights are repeatedly laid aside when the greed of privatization, the lust for power, and the ambition of empire seize a state. Peter Linebaugh draws on primary sources to construct a wholly original history of the Great Charter and its scarcely-known companion, the Charter of the Forest, which was created at the same time to protect the subsistence rights of the poor.
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