https://padlet.com/emma_mccallie/cb8hpwbyoblr 7.36 Conduct a short research project explaining the significance of developments in medieval English legal and constitutional practices and their importance in the rise of modern democratic thought and representative institutions including trial by jury, the common law, Magna Carta, parliament, habeas corpus, and an independent judiciary in England. en-us 2018-03-15 12:50:28 UTC 2018-12-05 14:07:32 UTC hello@padlet.com emma_mccallie https://padlet.com/emma_mccallie/cb8hpwbyoblr/wish/311338147 This animation takes you back to medieval times, when England under the reign of Bad King John. It asks why Magna Carta was originally created and what it meant to those living in the 13th  century.]]> 2018-12-05 13:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_mccallie/cb8hpwbyoblr/wish/311338147 emma_mccallie https://padlet.com/emma_mccallie/cb8hpwbyoblr/wish/311349658 Habeas Corpus, sometimes known as ‘The Great Writ,' names an important legal principle that protects individual freedom and ensures that no one is held without charge.]]> 2018-12-05 13:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_mccallie/cb8hpwbyoblr/wish/311349658 emma_mccallie https://padlet.com/emma_mccallie/cb8hpwbyoblr/wish/311350943 In the United States today, juries decide less than 4% of criminal cases and less than 1% of civil cases filed in court. At the same time, jury systems in other countries are growing. So what happened in the US?]]> 2018-12-05 13:58:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_mccallie/cb8hpwbyoblr/wish/311350943