LEGAL POSITION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE PROVISIONS OF THE GREAT CHARTER OF FREEDOM FROM 1215. Cover Image

ПРАВНИ ПОЛОЖАЈ ЕНГЛЕСКЕ ЦРКВЕ У ОДРЕДБАМА ВЕЛИКЕ ПОВЕЉЕ СЛОБОДА ИЗ 1215. ГОДИНЕ
LEGAL POSITION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE PROVISIONS OF THE GREAT CHARTER OF FREEDOM FROM 1215.

Author(s): Željko Teofilović
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Бањој Луци
Keywords: Great Charter of Freedom;Barons;King John without Land;Church of England;Freedom of the Church;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the analysis of the provisions on the position of the Church of England in one of the oldest constitutional documents. Circumstances in which this legal act is adopted. Its consequences for both English society and legal systems in other countries. The Great Charter of Freedoms from 1215, as such, represents a universal declaration on human rights and freedoms. Its provisions will serve as an inspiration in the coming centuries to all those who fight for the preservation of these basic human values.The provisions on the position of the Church of England are very important for the further course of the destiny and status of this Church. In those provisions,the idea of a free church, an autonomous organization with the right to freely choose the clergy without the influence of the ruler and the Roman Pope, is born. That is why the Roman Pope Innocent III will suspend it with his Bull,considering it illegal and shameful. Regardless of the short period, which was only two months, that the Charter was in force, it remained as a basis in the new struggles between the estates and the crown, for the legal order in English society. Some of its norms are still found today in the legal system of Anglo-Saxon law.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 55
  • Page Range: 43-60
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Serbian