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How the Law Developed: Magna Carta to the Human Rights Act

How rights and the law developed over centuries: Magna Carta limiting the power of the king, the Human Rights Act, and the aims of crime and punishment.

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How the law developed ⚖️

The rights people have today were built up over hundreds of years. This module looks at key milestones, from Magna Carta in 1215, which limited the power of the king, to the Human Rights Act of 1998, and at how crime and punishment work and what punishment aims to achieve.

Words for rights and law 🔑

Learn these four terms before you follow the story of the law.

The aims of punishment 🆚

Punishment can aim to protect society or to change the offender.

Grade 9 thinking 💡

To reach the top grades, link each milestone to how it protects rights or limits power, and remember that the law keeps changing over time.

Match the milestone to what it did 🔗

  • Magna Carta
  • the rule of law
  • the Human Rights Act
  • Parliament
  • limited the power of the king in 1215
  • the idea that everyone is subject to the law
  • brought European rights into UK law in 1998
  • makes and changes the laws of the country

Match the aim to its meaning 🧩

  • deterrence
  • rehabilitation
  • protection
  • retribution
  • putting people off committing crime
  • helping an offender to reform and change
  • keeping the public safe from an offender
  • giving an offender a fair penalty for the crime

What did Magna Carta do? ❓

What did Magna Carta do in 1215?

  • It limited the power of the king.
  • It gave everyone the vote.
  • It abolished Parliament.

Aims of punishment ✅

Select the TWO aims of punishment.

  • Deterrence.
  • Rehabilitation.
  • Higher taxes.
  • Free travel.

Order the timeline 🪜

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Summarise the story 📝

In 1215, _____ Carta limited the power of the king. The idea that everyone is subject to the law is called the rule of _____. In 1998, the Human _____ Act brought European rights into UK law. Punishment can aim to protect the public or to _____ an offender. A fair penalty for a crime is called _____.

Magna law Rights rehabilitate retribution Parliament deterrence king prison vote

Name the year 🔢

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Spot the two aims 🖍️

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Which aim of punishment? 🧭

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Explain the development ✍️

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