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
One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.
He is not cheated who knows he is being cheated.
The law of the realm cannot be changed but by Parliament.
Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great.
Law is the safest helmet.
There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of laws; and no knowledge of any laws so necessary for all estates and for all causes, concerning goods, lands or life, as the common laws of England.
Trial by jury is a wise distribution of power which exceeds all other modes of trial.
Common law is common right.
We have a saying in the House of Commons; that old ways are the safest and surest ways.
A thing which is not in esse but in apparent expectancy is regarded in law.
The Law ... is perfection of reason.
Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times.
In the meane time know this, that the learning of warranties is one of the most curious and cunning learnings of the law, and of great use and consequence.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale