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The Magna Carta manifesto, liberties and commons for all, Peter Linebaugh

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-320) and index

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index present

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The Magna Carta manifesto

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Peter Linebaugh

liberties and commons for all

Magna Carta is the origin of many basic liberties. Peter Linebaugh traces the history of the principles enshrined in this famous document, & in the lesser known Charter of the Forest, & shows how in the 21st century these are being steadily eroded., 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