Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1552
- Died
- 1634
- Works
- 145
Top works
- La huict[ie]me part des Reports de Sr. Edw. Coke chiualer, chiefe iustice del Common Banke
- La huictme part des Reports de Sr. Edw. Coke cheualier, chiefe iustice del Common Banke
- An abridgement of the first part of Lord Coke's Institutes
- Les reports de Edward Coke l'attorney generall le Roigne, de diuers resolutions, & iudgements donnes auec graund deliberation, per les tresreuerendes iudges, & sages de la ley, de cases & matters en ley queux ne fueront vnques resolue, ou aiuges par deuant, & les raisons, & causes des dits resolutions & iudgements, durant les tresheureux regiment de tresillustre & renomes Roigne Elizabeth, le founteine de tout iustice, & la vie de la ley. [1 Latin quotation]
- An exact abridgment in English of the eleven books of reports of the learned Sir Edward Cook, Knight, late lord chief justice of England and of the Council of Estates to His Majesty King James
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- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 4
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines
· 1953 · cited 29,949x
- Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.
· 2000 · cited 28,532x
- The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior
· 2000 · cited 24,754x
- Adsorption of Gases in Multimolecular Layers
· 1938 · cited 24,534x
- THE USE OF LEAD CITRATE AT HIGH pH AS AN ELECTRON-OPAQUE STAIN IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
· 1963 · cited 18,992x
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Quotes
- “Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times.”
- “Law is the safest helmet.”
- “The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence as for his repose.”
- “They (corporations) cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed nor excommunicate, for they have no souls.”
- “Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign.”
- “Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six,Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix.”
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Key facts
- Appointed by
- James I
- Preceded by
- Sir Thomas Fleming
- Succeeded by
- Sir Henry Montagu
- Born
- 1 February 1552, Mileham , Breckland , Norfolk, England
- Died
- 3 September 1634 (aged 82), Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England
- Spouse s
- Bridget Paston (died 1598), Elizabeth Cecil (died 1646)
- Alma mater
- Trinity College, Cambridge , Inner Temple
- Profession
- Barrister politician judge
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Edward Coke (/kʊk/ CUUK, formerly /kuːk/; 1 February 1552 – 3 September 1634) was an English barrister, judge, and politician. He is often considered the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras.
Born into an upper-class family, Coke was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, before leaving to study at the Inner Temple, where he was called to the Bar on 20 April 1578. As a barrister, he took part in several notable cases, including Slade's Case, before earning enough political favour to be elected to Parliament, where he served first as Solicitor General and then as Speaker of the House of Commons. Following a promotion to Attorney General he led the prosecution in several notable cases, including those against Robert Devereux, Sir Walter Raleigh, and the Gunpowder Plot conspirators. As a reward for his services he was first knighted and then made Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edward Coke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.