Harvard Law Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. It's an Original

Ms. Watson said that the document itself had sometimes been put on display, but, as part of a large collection, it was not kept out permanently. The library has yet to decide whether it will now be made available to the public, but Ms. Watson said she “can’t imagine” that it would be sold. “In the United States having things that are seven hundred years old is special,” added Jonathan Zittrain, professor of international law and chair of the Harvard Law School library. “The law of the land” Magna Carta — “Great Charter” in Latin — has been used to justify many different causes over the centuries, sometimes on shaky historical ground. But it has evolved into a global symbol of the importance of fundamental freedoms, including habeas corpus. By limiting the power of the monarch, it came to represent the right to protection against arbitrary and unjust rule. One of its most famous passages states: “No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or ... Read full article.