Catching up to Great Britain after 500 years or so

[BSdetect]

When they started to remove monarchs absolute power.

Was the Magna Carta more powerful than the US Constitution after all?

Shock, horror.

[brooklynite]

1. I've always thought the Magna Carta was over-rated...

It decentralized power...from the Monarch to the Aristocracy. Nothing more.

[shanny]

2. i.e. An incremental step

I thought you would be a fan

[brooklynite]

3. I'm a fan of incremental steps AS A MEANS of eventually achieving a better outcome...

...Magna Carta was never intended to be a stepping stone for greater democracy.

[shanny]

4. Lol. It was the first step in a long road,

one we still have a long way to travel.

[brooklynite]

5. Public elections in the Roman Republic probably laid a better groundwork.

[shanny]

6. In English common law? Who knew?