Thursday, January 1, 1970

June 15, 1215 The Magna Carta § 61, the first modern attempt at limiting government, established the right of redress

The Magna Carta in 1215 (§ 61), the first modern attempt at limiting government, established the right of redress:

If we, our chief justice (judges), our officials, or any of our servants offend in any respect against any man, or transgress any of the articles of the peace or of this security… they shall come to us - or in our absence from the kingdom to the chief justice - to declare it and claim immediate redress… by seizing our castles, lands, possessions, or anything else saving only our own person and those of the queen and our children, until they have secured such redress as they have determined upon.”