Sir Edward Coke and the Elizabethan AgeSir 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
Norfolk Beginnings 15521570 | 1 |
Norwich Cambridge Holborn | 12 |
Learning the | 27 |
Practicing the Law | 40 |
County Politics 15721583 | 54 |
County Politics 15831592 | 67 |
Cokes Artificial Reason | 83 |
Shelley Chudleigh and Slade | 108 |
Anne Coke Stubbes and the Puritan Movement | 156 |
Sir Edward and Mistress Anne | 176 |
Character | 189 |
The Parliament of 1593 | 215 |
The Queens Attorney and Cecils Man | 242 |
The End of the Reign | 272 |
Afterword | 297 |
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