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Did Magna Carta lead inevitably to the Scopes Trial?

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Naomi

Oh probably not. But Kevin Underhill, at his brilliant, satirical take on the worst of law, Lowering The Bar, writes something in his excellent and hilarious treatise on Article 41 of Magna Carta and how some, uh, insurrectionists tried to … Continue reading →

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What do you know about Magna Carta?

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Naomi

I knew some stuff. I’d spend years reading English history. But nobody can teach me like Jill Lepore and in the April 20 New Yorker, she did just that in her article: “The Rule of History: Magna Carta, the Bill … Continue reading →

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