HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Common Law
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House of Commons
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House of Parliament
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Magna Carta
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1215, after King John of England violated a number of ancient laws and customs by which England had been governed, his subjects forced him to sign the Magna Carta, which enumerates what later came to be thought of as human rights.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1689, Parliament passed the English Bill of Rights, which, like Magna Carta, established regulations limiting the monarch’s power and safeguarding the people’s individual rights. The Bill was a turning point in British political history since it limited the monarch’s authority while establishing Parliament’s rights.
Detailed explanation-3: -They are said Magna Carta of the Indian Constitution because Magna Carta was the first written document that provides Fundamental Rights. It is a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England (Britain) at Runnymede, near Windsor on 15 June 1215.
Detailed explanation-4: -Part III of the Constitution is described as the Magna Carta of India. It contains a very long and comprehensive list of ‘justiciable’ fundamental rights.