The reports of Sir Edward Coke, knt. : in thirteen parts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634.

Thomas, J. H. (John Henry), 1788 or 1789- Author.

Fraser, John Farquhar, -1865, Author.

Contributor:

Sheppard, Stephen M., Author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law reports, digests, etc--England.

Law reports, digests, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (3223 p.))

Other Title:

Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt. In Thirteen Parts

Place of Publication:

Clark : Lawbook Exchange, Limited, The July 2002

Summary:

Coke, Sir Edward. The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt. In Thirteen Parts. A New Edition, with Additional Notes and References, and with Abstracts of the Principal Points: The First Three Parts and the Fourth to Fol. 38a. by John Henry Thomas, Esq. The Rest of the Fourth and the Remaining Nine Parts by John Farquhar Fraser, Esq. London: Joseph Butterworth and Son, 1826. Six volumes. With a new introduction by Stephen M. Sheppard. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-239-5. Cloth. $595. * "The best and last [edition], which has superceded all older ones, is in English; the whole thirteen Parts in 6 vols. 8vo. London, 1826." Wallace 194-195. This edition is also noteworthy for the inclusion of Coke's complete prefaces. Coke [1552-1643] was considered to be the greatest legal practitioner of his day. Written between 1572 and 1616, The Reports are not reports in the conventional sense but highly detailed anthologies of precedents organized according to the cases they consider. In each instance Coke assembled a large body of cases, outlined their arguments, and explained the reasons for the judgment, using it as a basis for a statement of general principles. They are, in effect, a series of treatises on the points of law adjudged, and not merely notes for citation. Taken together, The Reports form the most extensive and detailed treatment of Common Law pleading that had yet appeared. A work of immense authority, it was often cited as The Reports, there being no need to mention the author's name. His accounts, especially of pleadings, were applauded for both their clarity and usefulness as stylistic models for students. And his selection of cases, cited frequently in subsequent years, has served as the starting point for numerous decisions. He also attracted some powerful enemies, however, principally James I, who was angered by some of his opinions concerning royal prerogative. Coke's refusal to retract them and apologize to the King cost him his seat on the Bench. See Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847) 209-211, Wallace, The Reporters (1882) 165-196.