Government Timeline By jstrickland@s.gwd51.org 1215 Magna Carta The first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law. 1628 Petition Of Rights English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state.
The first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law.
English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state.