Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan Age / Allen D. Boyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyer, Allen D., Author.

Series:

Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Norfolk Beginnings, 1552-1570

Chapter 2 Roads South: Norwich, Cambridge, Holborn

Chapter 3 Learning the Law

Chapter 4 Practicing the Law

Chapter 5 Magistrates and Ministers: County Politics, 1572-1583

Chapter 6 Challenges to Authority: County Politics, 1583-159

Chapter 7 Understanding, Authority, and Will: Coke’s “Artificial Reason”

Chapter 8 The Great Cases: Shelley, Chudleigh, and Slade

Chapter 9 Coke’s Historical Learning

Chapter 10 Anne Coke Stubbes and the Puritan Movement

Chapter 11 Sir Edward and Mistress Anne

Chapter 12 Character

Chapter 13 The Parliament of 1593

Chapter 14 The Queen’s Attorney and Cecil’s Man

Chapter 15 The End of the Reign

Afterword

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

1-5036-2420-X

OCLC:

1294424628