The Great charter : : four essays on Magna carta and the history of our liberty / [electronic resource] / Samuel E. Thorne ... [et al.] ; with an introduction by Erwin N. Griswold.. — New York : : New American Library,, 1966, c1965.. — 142 p. ; 18 cm.

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

Includes bibliographical references.

What Magna Carta was / Samuel E. Thorne -- Magna Carta and British constitutionalism / William H. Dunham, Jr. -- Magna Carta and constitutionalism in the United States : "The noble lie" / Philip B. Kurland -- Magna Carta and constitutionalism in the Commonwealth / Sir Ivor Jennings.



Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Magna Carta.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Constitutional history.

LC Class. No.: JN147 / .G75 1966

Dewey Class. No.: 342.09