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[[File:Magna_charta_cum_statutis_angliae_p1.jpg|thumbnail|250px|left|The Magna Carta from Magna Charta cum Statutis Angliae]]The Magna Carta<ref>Literally literally translated as “The Great Paper”</ref>, also called Magna Carta Libertatum<ref>Or also referred to as “Great Charter of Freedoms”)</ref> is an English charter, originally issued in 1215. The year of its signing represents a key landmark in Britain’s constitutional history. This is also the starting point of a long historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law today. The document established and codified many of the principles that still govern modern western constitutional thought. Magna Carta has directly influenced many common law fundamental documents, such as the United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights to name just a few, and thus it is considered and recognized to be one of the most important documents in the history of democracy itself, as well as civil rights and obligations and common law in general.
==The Initial Reasons Behind Magna Carta==
These basic and key principles, together with the power of social networking and the Internet to spread and back them up will undoubtedly continue to have huge influence wherever freedom is under attack. The freedom of speech, the Internet and instant worldwide personal communication and real-time social interactions are emblematic of the fluttering pennants of the twenty-five barons who waited impatiently for their despotic king to round the last bend in the river on a summer's day in 1215.
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