Law, liberty, and parliament : selected essays on the writings of Sir Edward Coke / edited and with an introduction by Allen D. Boyer.

Contributor Boyer, Allen D.

Imprint:Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, c2004.

Descriptionxv, 406 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Introduction to Coke's "Commentary on Littleton" / Thomas G. Barnes -- Writing the law / Richard Helgerson -- The place of Slade's case in the history of contract / A.W.B. Simpson -- Sir Edward Coke and the interpretation of lawful allegiance in 17th-century England / David Martin Jones -- Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634): his theory of "artificial reason" as a context for modern basic legal theory / John Underwood Lewis -- Futher reflection on "artificial reason" / Charles M. Gray -- Against common right and reason: The College of Physicians v. Dr. Thomas Bonham / Harold J. Cook -- Bonham's case and judicial review / Theodore F.T. Plucknett -- The "economic liberalism" of Sir Edward Coke / Barbara Malament -- Sir Edward Coke, Ciceronianus: classical rhetoric and the common law tradition / Allen D. Boyer -- The common lawyers and the chancery: 1616 / Sir John Baker -- The crown and the courts in England, 1603-1625 / W.J. Jones -- The procedure of the House of Commons against parents and monopolies, 1621-1624 / Elizabeth Read Foster -- The origins of the petition of right reconsidered / J.A. Guy -- Coke's note-books and the sources of his Reports / Sir John Baker.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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