Common Law and the Magna Carta

What is Common Law

• Laws made by Parliament

• Laws made by the Courts

• Laws made by the Government

Who was Henry II's best friend who later becomes his enemy?

• Thomas Cromwell

• Thomas Aquinas

• Thomas Becket

• Richard the Lionhearted

Following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule, ______ ______ puts his royal seal on the Magna Carta, or "Great Charter."

• King John

• King Phillip

• King George

• Queen Elizabeth

Another name for the Magna Carta is _______ _______.

• The Constitution

• Great Charter

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

What was the Magna Carta?

• A legal document binding two states

• a peace treaty between John and his barons

• a peace treaty between England and Spain

• a binding document between all the kings of that time

What was the purpose of the Magna Carta?

• to denounce the pope

• to elect a new king

• to guarantee the king would respect feudal rights and privileges, uphold the freedom of the church, and maintain the nation's laws.

• guarantee each peasant land, food, and shelter

The charter consisted of a preamble and ______ clauses and dealt mainly with feudal concerns that had little impact outside 13th century England.

• 60

• 61

• 62

• 63

What was Clause 39 so popular?

• It stated that “no free man shall be arrested or imprisoned or disseised [dispossessed] or outlawed or exiled or in any way victimised…except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.”

• It stated that all free men would always be free men.

• It stated that women were not considered to be free under that clause.

• It stated that no one could be left in jail over night.

This wealthy class of people were directly under the King and held important titles such as Baron or Baroness.

• Serfs
• Knights
• Nobles
• Monarchs

The Magna Carta was signed by the King and the _________.

• Barons
• Queen
• Prince
• Commoners