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This 3 page paper provides an overview of a comparison between the Magna Carta and the Constitution. This paper integrates three points of comparison between the two. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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in 1215, there are some principles these two governing documents share. Key principles include the right of individuals to liberty at the present and in the future, freedom
from undue prosecution, and the right of state or local municipalities to create local governing systems. The Magna Carta and the Constitution both have preambles, which introduce the
belief that the document was created not only to identify specific freedoms, but also to set the parameters for the government for future generations. Both preambles relate the concept
of liberty and the expression of specific liberties that will be outlined in each of the documents, and relate the importance of recognizing these protections are also for future generations.
For example, the Magna Carta noted that the freedoms outlined were for "freemen of our realm for ourselves and our heirs in perpetuity," while the Constitution noted that the
document was designed to "secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity." Both preambles note liberty as a leading concept and the importance of identifying the rights
of future generations in the purpose of the document. Both documents also define the right of individuals to be free of undue prosecution and to maintain their freedoms under the
law, except when they have been judged as criminals. The Magna Carta specifically maintains that no one should be imprisoned or lose their liberties unless they have gone through
a process of "lawful judgment" by peers or "by the law of the land" (Article 29). The Constitution also provides for securing freedom from undue prosecution in Article III,
Section 2, in which freemen are given a trial by a jury of their peers in the state in which the crime was committed (unless directed by law). Each
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