Magna Carta (1297)
The 1297 confirmation of Magna Carta placed on the statute book, used in the essay to illustrate structured access to historic law.
Legislation · 1297Sources & confidence: Qualified confidence
Checked 2 October 2026 · AI-assisted review
National Archives description and translation of the 1297 charter.
- The National Archives: Magna Carta 1259–1306
1297 charter, Edward I’s confirmation, and this version’s entry onto the statute book.
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The National Archives identifies the 1297 confirmation as the version placed on the statute book.
The essay uses clause XXIX as a demonstration of structured access to historic law. Its specific XML example and amendment markup require checking against the endpoint itself; that response was unavailable to this review. A modern representation of a historic text should not be confused with evidence that every clause remains in force.
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- For the Love of Law
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