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　　We take our liberties for granted. They seem absolute and untouchable. But they are the result of a series of violent struggles fought over 800 years that, at times, have threatened to tear ou淫老汉r society apart. On the frontline was a document originally inked on animal skin – Magna Carta. Distinguished constitutional historian David Star香蕉网在线观视频key looks at the origins of the Great Charter in 1215 to check the abuses of King John - and how it nearly died at birth. He explores its subsequent deployment, its contribution to making everyone – even the monarch – subject to the rule of law, and how this quintessentially English document migrated to the North American colonies and eventually became the foundation of the US constitution. Magna Carta has become a universal s祝福老人的健康吉祥话ymbol of individual freedom against the tyranny of the state, but with ever-tightening government control on our lives, is it time to resurrect it?