Magna Carta- What rights do they have in England that they also have in the US?

Question

I need to know what rights the Magna Carta states, as far as which ones are very similar to those in the United States..

Any help would be great!!

Answer 1

http://www.constitution.org/eng/magnacar.htm

The Magna Carta was the base that all rights in the UK, USA and Canada (and any other country that is in anyway associated with Great Britain)

The biggest similarity?

The sacred protection of life, liberty, and property.

Answer 2

It was an early document in England, and one of the 1st to spell out beginning of many of the rights we have today. In has no legal force in modern society. In fact later Kings repealed certain parts, added, modified, and ignored.

It did greatly influence English common law. In the US we still hold with a lot of English common law. Also it influenced many later documents. For example "Habeas Corpus" which grants a right to trial is granted by the US constitution. (Unless you listen to the Attorney General.)

PS- Honestly the Magna Carta didn't give people a lot of rights, and was ignored by the powerful all the time. For example the right to a trial doesn't insure a fair trial. It was merely revolutionary at the time.

Answer 3

Okay one when the magna carta was signed by king john and his barons (im english i should know) in 1215, there was no USA we invented you in 1612 the magna carta was forced upon king john by his barons because of his oppression it guaranteed all british men and women basic rights

Answer 4

Trial by jury, for one.

The Magna Carta no longer has any real legal validity, in that everything covered by it has been covered by statute in the UK. It never had any real status in the US.