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Great Christian jurists in English history / edited by Mark Hill, R.H. Helmholz.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Law and ChristianityDescription: xxii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781107190559
  • 110719055X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.092/870942 23
LOC classification:
  • KD620 .G74 2017
Contents:
Introduction / R.H. Helmholz and Mark Hill QC -- Henry of Bratton (alias Bracton) / Nicholas Vincent -- William Lyndwood / R.H. Helmholz -- Christopher St German : religion, conscience and law in Reformation England / Ian Williams -- Sir Edward Coke : faith, law and the search for stability in Reformation England / David Chan Smith -- Richard Hooker : priest and jurist / Norman Doe -- The integrative christian jurisprudence of John Selden / Harold J. Berman, John Witte, Jr. -- Matthew Hale as theologian and natural law theorist / David S. Sytsma -- Lord Mansfield : the reasonableness of religion / Norman S. Poser -- William Blackstone's Anglicanism / Wilfrid Prest -- Lord Kenyon : preaching from the bench / James Oldham -- Stephen Lushington : a civilian in the last years of doctors' commons / Stephen M. Waddams -- Roundell Palmer, Earl of Selborne / Charlotte Smith -- F. W. Maitland : faithful dissenter / Russell Sandberg -- A passion for justice : Lord Denning, Christianity and the law / Andrew Phang
Summary: "Much has been written about the lives and achievements of the many distinguished lawyers and judges who have made a lasting contribution to English jurisprudence from the medieval times of Henry of Bratton to the present day. Much also has been written on the influence of Christianity in English society over those centuries. This collection, one of a series of national studies, is novel in that it seeks explore the life and faith of Great Christian Jurists in English History"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / R.H. Helmholz and Mark Hill QC -- Henry of Bratton (alias Bracton) / Nicholas Vincent -- William Lyndwood / R.H. Helmholz -- Christopher St German : religion, conscience and law in Reformation England / Ian Williams -- Sir Edward Coke : faith, law and the search for stability in Reformation England / David Chan Smith -- Richard Hooker : priest and jurist / Norman Doe -- The integrative christian jurisprudence of John Selden / Harold J. Berman, John Witte, Jr. -- Matthew Hale as theologian and natural law theorist / David S. Sytsma -- Lord Mansfield : the reasonableness of religion / Norman S. Poser -- William Blackstone's Anglicanism / Wilfrid Prest -- Lord Kenyon : preaching from the bench / James Oldham -- Stephen Lushington : a civilian in the last years of doctors' commons / Stephen M. Waddams -- Roundell Palmer, Earl of Selborne / Charlotte Smith -- F. W. Maitland : faithful dissenter / Russell Sandberg -- A passion for justice : Lord Denning, Christianity and the law / Andrew Phang

"Much has been written about the lives and achievements of the many distinguished lawyers and judges who have made a lasting contribution to English jurisprudence from the medieval times of Henry of Bratton to the present day. Much also has been written on the influence of Christianity in English society over those centuries. This collection, one of a series of national studies, is novel in that it seeks explore the life and faith of Great Christian Jurists in English History"--

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