Magna Carta

Zbigniew Rau is Professor in the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Lodz, Poland and Director of the Alexis de Tocqueville Center for Political and Legal Thought. Przemysław Żurawski vel Grajewski is Lecturer in the Faculty of International Studies at the University of Lodz, Poland.Marek Tracz-Tryniecki is Lecturer in the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Lodz, Poland.

• Preface by Robert Blackburn Acknowledgements List of Contributors 1. Why Do We Central Europeans Celebrate the Anniversary of Magna Carta? Introductory Remarks Zbigniew Rau, Marek Tracz-Tryniecki, Przemysław Żurawski vel Grajewski 2. a) The Hungarian experience of freedom – the tradition of the Golden Bull Attila K. Molnar and Levente Völgyesi b) The Hungarian Sources 3. a) King, Estates and the Czech Crown. The Legal Sources of the Ideas of Freedom in the Medieval and Early Modern Czech LandsJana Janišová – Dalibor Janiš b) The Czech Sources 4. a) The nobility’s privileges and the formation of civil liberties in old Poland Dorota Malec b) The Polish Sources 5. a) Ruling by Law and by Consent: Monarchy and Noble Estate in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Artūras Vasiliauskas b) The Lithuanian Sources

"Reputable scholars have researched the far-reaching legacy of Magna Carta concerning such fundamental liberties as due process in administering justice, governance according to law, and the values of liberty and equality as these universalist qualities have played out in the histories of Hungary, the Czech lands, Poland, and Lithuania... This volume could be eye-opening for readers who consider the legacy of Magna Carta to be confined to Britain, the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Summing Up: Recommended." — A. C. Reeves, CHOICE Reviews