Enforcement of the magna carta was entrusted to 25 barons who were authorized by the document to use force if necessary to make the king obey the agreement. Despite the measure, the magna carta was valid for only a very short time. Almost immediately, john applied to the pope in Rome to invalidate the document . John argued that his promise to uphold the agreement had been extorted by force to invalidate the document. John argued and nullified the manga …show more content…
Many clauses concern the legal system; in these
John promises to provide good and fair justice in various ways. The last few clauses concern enforcement of the document.
The two most important clauses of Magna Carta are among the legal clauses. Clause 40 promises, “To no one will we sell, to no one will we deny or delay right or justice.” This clause establishes the principle of equal access to the courts for all citizens without exorbitant fees. In clause 39, the king promises, “No free man shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or outlawed or exiled or in any way destroyed, nor will we go or send against him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.” This clause establishes that the king would follow legal procedure before he punished someone. Historians have debated at length the meaning in 1215 of “by lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land,” and who exactly was covered by the term “free man
The importance of the Magna Carta lies more in its symbolism than in its words. As a result,