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
Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign
Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.
There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent as knowledge of laws.
Force ought to follow justice and not to precede.
The gladsome light of jurisprudence.
How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the safest and surest ways.