The Magna Carta, signed in 1215, is a foundational document that established the principle that everyone, including the king, is subject to the law and guaranteed rights to justice and fair trial. It laid the groundwork for modern concepts of due process and judicial fairness.
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The legal requirement that the state must respect all legal rights owed to a person, balancing the power of law of the land and protecting individual persons from it.