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18 de jun. de 2024 · civil rights, guarantees of equal social opportunities and equal protection under the law, regardless of race, religion, or other personal characteristics. Examples of civil rights include the right to vote, the right to a fair trial, the right to government services, the right to a public education, and the right to use public ...
10 de jun. de 2024 · Radical-right political parties have made significant gains in the European Parliament elections. So much so that French President Emmanuel Macron has called for snap elections in his country. But a surge in support for the far right isn't new for the continent.
5 de jun. de 2024 · Magna Carta, charter of English liberties granted by King John on June 15, 1215, under threat of civil war. By declaring the sovereign to be subject to the rule of law and documenting the liberties held by ‘free men,’ the Magna Carta provided the foundation for individual rights in Anglo-American jurisprudence.
- The Magna Carta (“Great Charter”) is a document guaranteeing English political liberties that was drafted at Runnymede, a meadow by the River Thame...
- Among the Magna Carta’s provisions were clauses providing for a free church, reforming law and justice, and controlling the behavior of royal offic...
- King John’s successor, Henry III, reissued the Magna Carta on November 12, 1216, in the hope of recalling the allegiance of rebellious barons who w...
- The enduring influence of the Magna Carta comes not from its detailed expression of the feudal relationship between lord and subject but from its m...
- There are four extant original copies of the Magna Carta of 1215. Two of them are held by the cathedral churches in which they were originally depo...
14 de jun. de 2024 · Divine right of kings, in European history, a political doctrine in defense of monarchical absolutism, which asserted that kings derived their authority from God and could not therefore be held accountable for their actions by any earthly authority such as a parliament.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
20 de jun. de 2024 · The Bill of Rights quickly took its place as a foundation of English constitutionalism and exercised great influence in the British North American colonies during their war for independence. “The Bill of Rights, 1689,” 1689, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.
Hace 2 días · In mathematics, exponentiation is an operation involving two numbers: the base and the exponent or power. Exponentiation is written as b n, where b is the base and n is the power; this is pronounced as "b (raised) to the (power of) n ".
Hace 3 días · “The Petition of Right,” 1628, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. Text THE PETITION EXHIBITED TO HIS MAJESTY BY THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL, AND COMMONS IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED, CONCERNING DIVERS RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF THE SUBJECTS, WITH THE KING'S MAJESTY'S ROYAL ANSWER THEREUNTO IN FULL PARLIAMENT.
