Lawyers in 17th - century England used articles from Magna Carta as the basis for such privileges as trial by jury, habeas corpus, * equality before the law, freedom from arbitrary arrest, and parliamentary control of taxation.
इसी खासियत पर गौर करते हुए इंग्लैंड के संसद की हर बैठक मैग्ना कार्टा की पुष्टि करते हुए शुरू होता ।