Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age

Allen D. Boyer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

344 Seiten

2011
Stanford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8047-7659-2 (ISBN)

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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 on Coke's own papers and notebooks. The book covers Coke's early life and career, to the end of the reign of Elizabeth I in 1603 (a second volume will cover Coke's career under James I and Charles I). In particular, this book highlights Coke's close connection with the Puritans of England; his learning, legal practice, and legal theory; his family life and ambitious dealings; and the treason cases he prosecuted.

Allen Boyer is senior appellate counsel for the Department of Enforcement of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Reihe/Serie	Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory
Verlagsort	Palo Alto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	476 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8047-7659-8 / 0804776598
ISBN-13	978-0-8047-7659-2 / 9780804776592
Zustand	Neuware