When I watched the Magna Carta being signed I remember one bit about "Justice delayed is Justice denied". There was also some stuff about every person having the right to work in their chosen profession........shame.
From the Magna Carta as Sellar and Yeatman (1930) state:
1. That no one was to be put to death, save for some reason - (except the Common People).
2. That everyone should be free - (except the Common People).
3. That everything should be of the same weight and measure throughout the Realm - (except the Common People).
4. That the courts should be stationary, instead of following a very tiresome medieval official known as the King's Person all over the country.
5. That no person should be fined to his utter ruin - (Except the King's Person).
6. That the Barons should not be tried except by a special jury of other Barons who would understand.
Magna Carta was therefore the chief cause of Democracy in England, and thus A Good Thing for everyone (except the Common People).