The Road from Runnymede: Magna Carta and Constitutionalism in America

by A.E. Dick Howard

Book Overview

For the eight hundredth anniversary of the Magna Carta, the University of Virginia Press presents the first paperback edition of The Road from Runnymede by A. E. Dick Howard, originally published in 1968. In this volume, Howard explores the ways in which Magna Carta's concepts, most notably due process, have been absorbed and put into practice by English and especially American society. He goes on to show how the idea of constitutional government...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813938066
• ISBN13: 9780813938066
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"