David Chan Smith

Sir Edward Coke and the Reformation of the Laws

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Produktbeschreibung

This study of Edward Coke's legal thought reinterprets the political and legal thought of early Stuart England.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9781107069299
• ISBN-10: 1107069297
• Artikelnr.: 41217007

Autorenporträt

David Chan Smith is an Assistant Professor of History at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, where he researches business and law in the early modern Atlantic world.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Uncertainty and the reformation of the laws
3. 'The most dangerous oppressor': the misuse of the law
4. Confidence and corruption: the law in the Fens
5. Identity and narratives of the past
6. Reason and reform
7. Pragmatism and the High Commission
8. Chancery, reform, and the limits of cooperation
9. Delegation and moral kingship
10. Conclusion.