Legal History

Great Christian Jurists in English History

Edited by Mark Hill · R. H. Helmholz
Cambridge University Press June 2017

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9781107190559
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
June 2017
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Hardback
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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.

Table of Contents

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
13. Roundell Palmer, Earl of Selborne Charlotte Smith
14. F W Maitland: Faithful dissenter Russell Sandberg
15. A passion for justice: Lord Denning, Christianity and the law Andrew Phang.
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