Today at 7 pm, learn how the Constitution and the Magna Carta are related!Join us at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC! Enter at the special events entrance on Constitution Avenue.
To celebrate the return of Magna Carta to the National Archives, we present a discussion on its connection to the American Constitution including its place in the charters of the American colonies, its impact on the era of the Founding Fathers, and its legacy in the context of world constitutionalism.
A. E. Dick Howard, professor of law, University of Virginia, will set the stage and moderate a panel including David M. Rubenstein, co-founder of The Carlyle Group; Peter Onuf, BackStory Radio’s “18th Century Guy” and professor of history, University of Virginia; Renée Lettow Lerner, associate professor of law, the George Washington University; and Zachary Elkins, associate professor of government, University of Texas at Austin.
