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Article Volume 8 Issue 2 2821 - 2832 April 17, 2025

Effectiveness of the Doctrine of Magna Carta and the Modern Constitutions with special reference to Human Rights

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Vanlaltanpuia
LL.M. Student at ICFAI University Dehradun, India
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The Magna Carta, which changed into signed in 1215, is a crucial file for constitutional law and human rights upkeep. Even although it started out as a feudal charter, its standards—due way, the guideline of law, and the problem of absolute energy—have significantly stimulated the evolution of present day democratic constitutions. Human rights are the focal point of this essay, which appears at Magna Carta's lasting have an effect on on contemporary constitutional frameworks and its doctrinal efficacy. This study explores how present day felony structures have bolstered and maintained the safety of civil, political, and socioeconomic rights, building on the centre mind of Magna Carta. This is carried out through searching at crucial constitutional documents like the US and Indian constitutions and a number of global human rights treaties. The difficulties posed with the useful resource of social, political, and technological troubles as well as the real application of those rights in present day democracies are the subjects of this article. Even though Magna Carta laid the theoretical basis, the have a look at demonstrates that the adaptability and institutional guide of present day constitutions in the long run decide how nicely they uphold human rights within the 21st century.

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International Journal of Law Management and Humanities, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 2821 - 2832
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