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
Edward Coke quotes about
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale
It is not easy to make a simile go on all-fours.
Don't quote the distinction, for the honour of my lord Coke.
The gladsome light of jurisprudence.
We have a saying in the House of Commons; that old ways are the safest and surest ways.
Law is the safest helmet.
Common law is common right.
It is a fiction, a shade, a nonentity, but a reality for legal purposes. A corporation aggregate is only in abstracto—it is invisible, immortal, and rests only in intendment and consideration of the law.
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.
A witch is a person who hath conference with the Devil to consult with him or to do some act.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Everyone thirsteth after gaine.
A corporation has no soul.