Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age
(Part of the Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory Series)
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Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), the first judge to strike down a law, gave us modern common law by turning medieval common law inside-out. Through his resisting strong-minded kings, he bore witness for judicial independence. Coke is the earliest judge still cited routinely by practicing lawyers. This book breaks new ground as the first scholarly biography of Coke, whose most recent general biography appeared in 1957, and draws revealingly...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0804776598
ISBN13:9780804776592
Release Date:April 2011
Publisher:Stanford University Press
Length:344 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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