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American Legal History
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Undergraduate 4
02/20/2014

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1776
Definition
Colonists declared their independence from Britain.
Term
the "Great Charter"
Definition
Magna Carta
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King John
Definition
(Ruled, 1199-1216); Signed Magna Carta

Henry II's youngest son
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John Lackland
Definition
King John (signed Magna Carta)
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June 15, 1215
Definition
Magna Carta signed
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Henry I
Definition
(Ruled, 1100-1135)
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King Henry II
Definition
(Ruled, 1154-1189)

Began to replace the trial by ordeal with the precursor of the modern jury trial.

Instituted what became the grand jury, as laws.

Created the Court of Common Pleas
Term
Magna Carta
Definition
(the "Great Charter")
Signed by King John on June 15, 1215 at Runnymede.

Embodied the principal that no person, not even the king is above the law.

Viewed the king and nobles as equal partners.

Reaffirmed substance of promises made in Henry I's Coronation Charter.

63 chapters
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Coronation Charter
Definition
Proclamation written by Henry I in 1100.
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Statute
Definition
A written law that is formally created by a government.
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Treatise
Definition
a book, article, etc., that discusses a subject carefully and thoroughly
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De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae
Definition
The laws and customs of England.

The first significant treatise if English law.

Henri de Bracton (d. 1268)
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Henri de Bracton
Definition
(d. 1268) jurist who contributed to De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae.

Asserted that the king should be "under God and the Law".
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Henry III
Definition
(ruled, 1216-1272)

Accepted the Provisions of Oxford in 1258.

Clashed with the nobles.

John's son
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Runnymede
Definition
Site of the sealing of Magna Carta on June 15, 1215.
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Provisions of Oxford
Definition
Accepted by King Henry III in 1258.

Established a council of 15 to advise the king on policy, and, if need be, veto his acts.
Term
Richard I
Definition
Richard the Lionheart (ruled, 1189-1199).
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Oligarchy
Definition
country, business, etc., that is controlled by a small group of people
Term
Treaty of Tordesillas
Definition
(1494) agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus and other late 15th-century voyagers.
Term
Anglican
Definition
of or relating to the established episcopal Church of England and churches of similar faith and order in communion with it
Term
Letters patent
Definition
a writing (as from a sovereign) that confers on a designated person a grant in a form open for public inspection
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Libel
Definition
the act of publishing a false statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone
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Sedition
Definition
the crime of saying, writing, or doing something that encourages people to disobey their government
Term
Protectorate
Definition
the English government from 1653 to 1659. After the execution of King Charles I, England was declared a commonwealth (1649) under the rule of Parliament.
Term
Writs of assistance
Definition
(1760s) attempting to abate illegal trade, customs offices petitioned the Massachusetts Superior Court for writs of assistance that would give royal officials the power to search whatever they wanted.

Controversy over the writs of assistance led to the adoption of the Bill of Rights in 1791.
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Two Penny Act in 1764
Definition
Law passed by Virginia colony to pay off Anglican priests' salaries in cash, at two pence per pound of tobacco.

At the time, due to crop failures, tobacco prices had reached the price of six pence a pound. So the Anglican clergy appealed to authorities in London, and the law was overturned in 1759. A Virginia court later upheld the Two Penny act in 1764, and the Privy Council in London refused to overturn that result in 1767.
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Molasses Act
Definition
an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which imposed a tax of six pence per gallon on imports of molasses from non-British colonies.
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The School of Business Honor Code
Definition
The School of Business requires that all students conduct themselves in an ethical manner. This dedication to ethical behavior is an integral part of the student experience.

Supplementary documents and resources are available via the weblink posted to the following webpage.
https://erindevine.myportfolio.com/contact

*All students are required to abide by an established code of conduct

*On February 21, 2019, I accessed and saved copies of the academic misconduct policies and procedures along with the reporting form posted to the webpage at the following link:
https://business.ku.edu/academics/honor-code

*As per the webpage I accessed on February 21, 2019 at https://business.ku.edu/academics/honor-code, “The School of Business, in partnership with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has established the International Center for Ethics in Business (ICEB). Each year, the center invites ethical leaders to campus as part of the free Walter S. Sutton Lecture Series.”

(Code of Conduct document updated December 6, 2018)
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