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Great Christian Jurists in English History

Great Christian Jurists in English History

Author: Mark Hill; R. H. Helmholz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107190559

Published In: June 2017
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781316638019

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The Great Christian Jurists series comprises a library of national volumes of detailed biographies of leading of leading jurists, judges and practitioners, assessing the impact of their Christian faith on the professional output of the individuals studied.

Little has previously been written about the faith of the great judges who framed and developed the English common law over centuries, but this unique volume explores how their beliefs were reflected in their judicial functions.

This comparative study, embracing ten centuries of English law, draws some remarkable conclusions as to how Christianity shaped the views of lawyers and judges. Adopting a long historical perspective, this volume also explores the lives of judges whose practice in or conception of law helped to shape the Church, its law or the articulation of its doctrine.

1. Introduction R. H. Helmholz and Mark Hill QC

2. Henry of Bratton (alias Bracton) Nicholas Vincent

3. William Lyndwood R. H. Helmholz

4. Christopher St German: Religion, conscience and law Ian Williams

5. Sir Edward Coke: Faith, law and the search for stability in reformation England David Chan Smith

6. Richard Hooker: Priest and jurist Norman Doe

7. The integrative Christian jurisprudence of John Selden Harold Berman and John Witte

8. Matthew Hale as Theologian and natural law theorist David S. Sytsma

9. Lord Mansfield: The reasonableness of Religion Norman S. Poser

10. William Blackstone's Anglicanism Wilf Prest

11. Lord Kenyon: Preaching from the bench James Oldham

12. Stephen Lushington Stephen M. Waddams