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Googling provides a variety of criticism.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/oct/31/corporation-london-city-medieval
http://www.independent.co.uk/topic/CityOfLondonCorporation
This might be particularly helpful: http://cityreform.org.uk/learn-more/what-is-the-city-of-london-corporation/
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Not just the one ancient King, pretty much all of them. All but two clauses of Magna Carta have been repealed or replaced. The two that haven't are "trial by Jury" and "London is SPESHUL and we won't interfere".
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Edw1cc1929/25/9/section/IX
The article is actually a pretty good summary (unlike a lot of the media froth surrounding it-Monbiot's conspiracy bollocks picked up by Avaaz about the Remembrancer is a particular lowpoint in media coverage of it).
Basically, The City has never really been part of England-the-legal-jurisdiction (bit like, arguably, Cornwall was never officially added), and there are some very (very) weird traditions, the electoral system has always been bonkers, and for a bit there were almost no residents.
Um, yeah, it appears "Mat's brain" is a good resource on this one.
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http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Edw1cc1929/25/9/contents
(I think four or five but some are a bit kind of "waffle").
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This and part two are great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc
The monarch formally needs permission to enter. I love that.
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