The great charter of liberty: modern legal reading

The article is dedicated to the 800 anniversary of the adoption of Magna Carta (Magna Carta libertatum) in England in 1215. The Charter is a period of transition from traditional rights to the subsequent era of written law, parliaments and statutes. This document, by nature constitutional, at that time became the starting point of the formation of new social relations and has subsequently influenced on formation and development of the institute of human rights and freedoms, which occupies a prime place in modern legal systems of democratic societies. With the adoption of the Charter the process of forming a legal system that meets the needs of a developing civil society has begun