Common Law

7th Amendment to the US Constitution — The seventh amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: “In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than […]

7th Amendment to the US Constitution

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Magna Carta Libertatum Historical Charter — Magna Carta was written by a group of 13th-century barons to protect their rights and property against a tyrannical king. It is concerned with many practical matters and specific grievances relevant to the feudal system under which they lived. The interests of the common man were hardly apparent in the […]

Magna Carta Libertatum

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