Harvard Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original.
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Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.
  • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I any know about that, but it’s the basis of a lot of English/American law. It codified Habeas corpus, for example.