Edward Coke fut une figure juridique et un homme d'État éminent de son époque, servant comme Procureur Général et Juge en chef sous Élisabeth Ire et Jacques Ier. Son travail et ses décisions ont considérablement façonné le droit anglais, laissant un héritage durable au sein du système juridique. Il était connu pour son insistance sur les précédents et les principes traditionnels de la common law. Son influence continue d'être évidente dans la doctrine et la pratique juridiques aujourd'hui.
These volumes contain the most important works of the great English jurist-politician who set out to codify English common law. In his Reports and his Institutes, Coke set down a view of English law that has had a powerful influence on lawyers, judges, and politicians through the present day
The new Liberty Fund edition of The Selected Writings of Sir Edward Coke includes selections from the four volumes of the Institutes and cases from the Reports, and several of Coke’s speeches in Parliament. Taken together, these writings delineate the origin and nature of the modern common law and indicate the profound interrelationship in the English tradition of custom, common law, authority (of both Crown and Commons), and individual liberty. Coke’s great law books and speeches are well represented on Magna Carta, citizenship, habeas corpus, freedom from wrongful search and arrest, the origins of law, judicial review, administrative law, judging, criminal law, the moral obligations of officials, the powers of King, Parliament, church, and the law, property and rights, and the profession and study of law. The Selected Writings of Sir Edward Coke is the first anthology of his works ever published.Steve Sheppard is a professor at the School of Law, University of Arkansas. He writes on constitutional history and theory, legal history, property law, and general jurisprudence, and he has edited The History of Legal Education (Salem Press, 1998).Click here for a pdf of the Selected Writings of Sir Edward Coke brochure
In this fascinating collection of legal reports, Sir Edward Coke conveys the intricacies of the law through compelling verse, making even the driest legal material accessible and memorable. Featuring detailed analysis of landmark cases and essential principles of English law, this volume is an essential resource for lawyers, scholars, and anyone interested in the history of legal systems.