Edward Coke
Edward Coke
Sir Edward Coke SL PC, formerly /ˈkuːk/; 1 February 1552 – 3 September 1634) was an English barrister, judge and, later, opposition politician, who is considered to be the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Born into a middle-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,...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth1 February 1552
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also
The King himself should be under no man, but under God and the Law.
Precaution is better than a cure.
You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.
The house of every one is to him as his castle.
The agreement of the parties cannot make that good which the law maketh void.
It is better, saith the law, to suffer a mischief that is peculiar to one, than an inconvenience that may prejudice many.
And the law, that is the perfection of reason, cannot suffer anything that is inconvenient.
Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reasonThe law, which is perfection of reason.
For when the law doth give any thing to one, it giveth impliedly whatsoever is necessary for the taking and enjoying of the same.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds
So use your own property as not to injure that of another
Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign
There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent as knowledge of laws.