Posted on 01/03/2015 12:36:21 AM PST by gasport
This year people in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and plenty of other nations will mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. The document will be lauded for establishing one vital principle.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Much of it has been abolished in English law.
The only principle that survives is the king is not above the law.
"(54) No one shall be arrested or imprisoned on the appeal of a woman for the death of any person except her husband."
Sharia followers must love pointing this one out to them now though...
And these:
(10) If anyone who has borrowed a sum of money from Jews dies before the debt has been repaid, his heir shall pay no interest on the debt for so long as he remains under age, irrespective of whom he holds his lands. If such a debt falls into the hands of the Crown, it will take nothing except the principal sum specified in the bond.
* (11) If a man dies owing money to Jews, his wife may have her dower and pay nothing towards the debt from it. If he leaves children that are under age, their needs may also be provided for on a scale appropriate to the size of his holding of lands. The debt is to be paid out of the residue, reserving the service due to his feudal lords. Debts owed to persons other than Jews are to be dealt with similarly.
Reminds me of that whole tree of liberty thang.
+1 (less the comma)
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