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The author offers a historical introduction recounting the political and administrative developments that produced the 1215 charter, analyzes feudal grievances and royal abuses that provoked baronial revolt, and then supplies a detailed, clause-by-clause legal commentary explaining language, background, and implications of each provision. The work examines relations among crown, barons, church, and local government, traces subsequent reissues and reforms, surveys manuscripts and earlier editions, and provides bibliographical and footnoted evidence to support its interpretations. Emphasis is placed on applying contemporary scholarship to clarify medieval legal practice and the charter's practical effects.

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Title: Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John

Author: William Sharp McKechnie

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Language: English

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MAGNA CARTA
A COMMENTARY ON THE GREAT CHARTER
OF KING JOHN
PUBLISHED BY
JAMES MACLEHOSE AND SONS, GLASGOW
Publishers to the University.
MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD., LONDON.
New York, The Macmillan Co.
London, Simpkin, Hamilton and Co.
Cambridge, Macmillan and Bowes.
Edinburgh, Douglas and Foulis.
Sydney, Angus and Robertson.
MCMV.

MAGNA CARTA
A COMMENTARY ON THE GREAT
CHARTER OF KING JOHN

WITH AN
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
BY
WILLIAM SHARP McKECHNIE
M.A., LL.B., D.Phil.
LECTURER ON CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW AUTHOR OF ‘THE STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL; AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE’
GLASGOW
JAMES MACLEHOSE AND SONS
PUBLISHERS TO THE UNIVERSITY
1905
GLASGOW: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO. LTD.
TO THE
MEMORY OF MY FATHER
WILLIAM McKECHNIE, M.D.
BORN 1ST APRIL, 1814
DIED 2ND SEPTEMBER, 1887