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Issue 63, 2025

The UK constitution isn't a single book; it's a living arsenal forged across centuries in charters, conventions, and court rulings.

These landmark statutes and judgments aren't dusty relics; they are the active bedrock of your civil liberties, defining the limits of power and securing your freedom. Explore the key pillars below, indicating the basis of civil liberties secured by our constitution.

• Magna Carta 1215 - Limited the king's power and established principles like due process and protection of property - a foundational charter for individual liberties.

• The Statute of 1368 (42 Edw. 3 c.1) - Parliament openly commanded that any future statute made contrary to the Great Charters 'shall be holden for none'.

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