James Fitzjames Stephen, A History of the Criminal Law of England, Volume II (1883), p. 205
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Coke's Institutes have had a greater influence on the law of England than any work written between the days of Bracton and those of Blackstone.
— James Fitzjames Stephen
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About Edward Coke
Sir Edward Coke (1 February 1552 – 3 September 1634) was an English Judge and jurist and later a politician whose writings on the English common law were definitive legal texts for some 300 years.
About Edward Coke
Sir Edward Coke (1 February 1552 – 3 September 1634) was an English Judge and jurist and later a politician whose writings on the English common law were definitive legal texts for some 300 years.
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