Due Process of Law [No. 86]

Where did the phrase “due process” come from and what does it mean?

Professor Randy Barnett discusses the definition of due process and the history of how the concept protected English citizens under the Magna Carta. Professor Barnett explains where and why the term was included in the Constitution, and how due process protects the rights of American citizens from both the federal and state governments.

Professor Randy E. Barnett is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches constitutional law and contracts, and is Director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution.

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