Sir Edward Coke and the reformation of the laws : religion, politics and jurisprudence, 1578-1616 / David Chan Smith.
"'Certainty is the mother of quietness and repose', Sir Edward Coke wrote in the first volume of his Institutes . Over a century later, Lord Mansfield made a similar observation, explaining that 'the great object in every branch of the law ... is certainty'. 1 Sharing this p...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in English legal history.
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 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.