Eight hundred years ago last week in a meadow west of London, King John of England did something peculiar for a king: He promised to obey “the law of the land.” And thus was born, we have been taught, ...
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Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300. By Stephen Castle Reporting from ...