| Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age Contributor(s): Boyer, Allen D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804748098 ISBN-13: 9780804748094 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: " [Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age] is well written with flashes of brilliance." -- Sixteenth Century Journal " It would have been easy to provide a portrait of a successful if idiosyncratic lawyer, but Boyer gives us warts and all and manages to capture a real sense of the man himself." -- HISTORY |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Legal History - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003004282 |
| Series: Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.36" W x 9.24" (1.30 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
