Images and Cultures of Law in Early Modern England
Subtitle: Justice and Political Power, 15581660 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 1, 2009
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780521044530
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; English law: constitutional & administrative; Jurisprudence & General Issues; c 1500 to c 1600; Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; England; Legal History; Legal Profession; Law / Legal History
First sentence: The suggestion that the primary purpose of the judiciary was to fulfil a sacerdotal role represents a pervasive opinion in the early modern English legal profession that jurisprudence was a form of theology, the meaning of which could be expounded only by common lawyers.