Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age
Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory
- Format: Innbundet
- Antall sider: 344
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- Serienavn: Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory
- EAN: 9780804748094
- Utgivelsesår: 2003
- Bidragsyter: Boyer, Allen D.
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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. This scholarly biography draws on Coke's own papers and notebooks.