Rule of Law
The rule of law is a higher law that limits the government. It is a system in which everyone in the land that is being ruled are subjects under the law, with this idea that all are subjects are under the law, it also brings along popular sovereignty, the idea in which all are rulers. This idea of the “Rule of Law” is very important to the development of English legal history. This idea sparked a document that was essential in English legal history; this document is the Magna Carta. The Magna Carta was a revolutionary document that brought about many changes in English history. This document brought about changes, such as, compensation or consent, with the taking of property, that there must be evidence against a person to imprison them. Right to a jury trial of your own peers, trials to follow the “Law of the Land” other wise known as “Stare Decisis”, also the Magna Carta made rules, such as, no taxation without representation, which gave the people access to government. The rule of law not only made an impact on England but also made its way over the American colonies. The American colonies took root with these fundamentals from the English legal history to come up with some documents and actions for their own government. Taking many ideas from the Magna Carta the colonies created their own system of government. Through the following of the Magna Carta, there came about many ideas, laws, and principles. Some of which are the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina, which protected the colonists rights to own slaves. William Penn’s First Frame of Government, which brought about many ideas that the American Government is founded on. The Declaration of Dependence and Constitution, where founded and based off the Magna Carta. Also The New York Charter of Liberties, which became a basic outline for the Constitution of the United States. These facts are all based off the rule of law principle. The principle that people have the right to have a say in...