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The ''Magna Carta'' of 1215 established the principle that the king of England is subject to the law. This may not have been the original intention of the document, but it has been consistently interpreted this way, most authoritatively by Sir [[Edward Coke]]. The phrase "rule of law" is found in a petition to King [[James I]] submitted by parliament in 1610.<ref>Hallam, Henry. ''The Constitutional History of England'', Voleume 1, page 441 (1827).</ref> In the English Civil War (1642–1651), the king asserted that his "divine right" took precedence over the law. [[Samuel Rutherford]] argued for rule of law in ''Lex, Rex: The Law is King'' (1644), while Robert Filmer defended divine right in ''Patriarcha'' (1680).

The ''Magna Carta'' of 1215 established the principle that the king of England is subject to the law. This may not have been the original intention of the document, but it has been consistently interpreted this way, most authoritatively by Sir [[Edward Coke]]. The phrase "rule of law" is found in a petition to King [[James I]] submitted by parliament in 1610.<ref>Hallam, Henry. ''The Constitutional History of England'', Voleume 1, page 441 (1827).</ref> In the English Civil War (1642–1651), the king asserted that his "divine right" took precedence over the law. [[Samuel Rutherford]] argued for rule of law in ''Lex, Rex: The Law is King'' (1644), while Robert Filmer defended divine right in ''Patriarcha'' (1680).

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