Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age

by Allen D. Boyer

Book Overview

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"