Introduction Catharine MacMillan; Part I. Magna Carta, Challenges to
Authority and the Recognition of Rights in England: 1. Magna Carta: the
emergence of the myth John Baker; 2. Benefit of clergy and the authority of
Magna Carta Margaret McGlynn; 3. How to get rid of a king: lawyering the
Revolution of 1399 David Seipp; 4. Magna Carta and the fragmented
authorities of the later Middle Ages Anthony Musson; 5. Revolution
principles and the revolution bench Mike Macnair; Part II. Broader
Challenges to Authority and the Recognition of Rights in England: 6. Magna
Carta Clauses 4 and 5 and the problem of account Joshua Getzler; 7. Some
effects of war on the law in late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century
England James Oldham; 8. Tax, freedom and social expectations: fiscal
impact on the built environment in nineteenth-century England Chantal
Stebbings; Part III. Magna Carta, Challenges to Authority and the
Recognition (and Rejection) of Rights beyond England: 9. The Magna Carta in
the German discourse about English constitutional law between the
eighteenth and the early twentieth century Andreas Thier; 10. A Magna Carta
for the world? The constitutional protection of foreign subjects in the age
of revolution Daniel Hulsebosch; 11. 'The state of slavery': the slave,
grace, and the rise of pro-slavery constitutionalism in the
nineteenth-century Atlantic world Patricia Hagler Minter; 12. The Royal
Proclamation of 1763: an indigenous Magna Carta's rough ride in British
Columbia Hamar Foster; 13. 'Law: challenges to authority and the
recognition of rights': examples from British India Raymond Cocks; 14.
'Unfortunate necessities of warfare?': Australia's national security
regulations and the right to free speech during World War I Diane Kirkby.

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