The Great charter
Subtitle: four essays on Magna carta and the history of our liberty
By: Samuel E. Thorne ... [et al.] ; with an introduction by Erwin N. Griswold
Contributors: American Council of Learned Societies
Publisher: New American Library
Published: 1966
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Copyright date: 1965
Other titles: Magna Carta.
Notes: "Mentor book."

Four essays commemorating the 750th anniversary of Magna carta, commissioned by the American Council of Learned Societies.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: What Magna Carta was / Samuel E. Thorne; title: Magna Carta and British constitutionalism / William H. Dunham, Jr.; title: Magna Carta and constitutionalism in the United States : "The noble lie" / Philip B. Kurland; title: Magna Carta and constitutionalism in the Commonwealth / Sir Ivor Jennings.