Jelikož se Magna Carta pokusila tyto limity politické moci stanovit, aniž je zakotvila v suverenitě lidu, obnažila problém, s nímž se filozofové potýkají dokonce ještě déle než 800 let.
Because Magna Carta attempted to set limits to political power without grounding these limits in the sovereignty of the people, it demonstrated a problem with which philosophers have grappled for even longer than 800 years.