Table of Contents
Introduction
viiEditor’s Note xv
Introduction to Coke’s ‘‘Commentary on Littleton’’
THOMAS G. BARNES
I
Writing the Law
RICHARD HELGERSON
26
The Place of Slade’s Case in the History of Contract
A. W. B. SIMPSON
70
Sir Edward Coke and the Interpretation of Lawful Allegiance in
Seventeenth-Century England
DAVID MARTIN JONES
86
Sir Edward Coke (1552–1634): His Theory of ‘‘Artificial Reason’’ as a
Context for Modern Basic Legal Theory
JOHN UNDERWOOD LEWIS
107
Further Reflections on ‘‘Artificial Reason’’
CHARLES M. GRAY
121
Against Common Right and Reason:
The College of Physicians v. Dr. Thomas Bonham
HAROLD J. COOK
127
Bonham’s Case and Judicial Review
THEODORE F. T. PLUCKNETT
150
The ‘‘Economic Liberalism’’ of Sir Edward Coke
BARBARA MALAMENT
186
Sir Edward Coke, Ciceronianus: Classical Rhetoric and
the Common Law Tradition
ALLEN D. BOYER
224
The Common Lawyers and the Chancery: 1616
SIR JOHN BAKER
254
The Crown and the Courts in England, 1603–1625
W. J. JONES
282
The Procedure of the House of Commons Against
Patents and Monopolies, 1621–1624
ELIZABETH READ FOSTER
302
The Origins of the Petition of Right Reconsidered
J. A. GUY
328
Coke’s Note-Books and the Sources of His Reports
SIR JOHN BAKER
357
Index
387