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BSdetect

(8,998 posts) Wed May 22, 2019, 11:17 AM May 2019

Catching up to Great Britain after 500 years or so

When they started to remove monarchs absolute power.

Was the Magna Carta more powerful than the US Constitution after all?

Shock, horror.

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Catching up to Great Britain after 500 years or so (Original Post) BSdetect May 2019 OP

I've always thought the Magna Carta was over-rated... brooklynite May 2019 #1

i.e. An incremental step shanny May 2019 #2

I'm a fan of incremental steps AS A MEANS of eventually achieving a better outcome... brooklynite May 2019 #3

Lol. It was the first step in a long road, shanny May 2019 #4

Public elections in the Roman Republic probably laid a better groundwork. brooklynite May 2019 #5

In English common law? Who knew? shanny May 2019 #6

brooklynite

(94,520 posts)

1. I've always thought the Magna Carta was over-rated...

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Wed May 22, 2019, 11:24 AM

May 2019

It decentralized power...from the Monarch to the Aristocracy. Nothing more.

shanny

(6,709 posts)

2. i.e. An incremental step

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Wed May 22, 2019, 11:26 AM

May 2019

I thought you would be a fan

brooklynite

(94,520 posts)

3. I'm a fan of incremental steps AS A MEANS of eventually achieving a better outcome...

Reply to shanny (Reply #2)

Wed May 22, 2019, 11:36 AM

May 2019

...Magna Carta was never intended to be a stepping stone for greater democracy.

shanny

(6,709 posts)

4. Lol. It was the first step in a long road,

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #3)

Wed May 22, 2019, 11:41 AM

May 2019

one we still have a long way to travel.

brooklynite

(94,520 posts)

5. Public elections in the Roman Republic probably laid a better groundwork.

Reply to shanny (Reply #4)

Wed May 22, 2019, 11:46 AM

May 2019

shanny

(6,709 posts)

6. In English common law? Who knew?

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #5)

Wed May 22, 2019, 11:48 AM

May 2019

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