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Bezig met laden... The lion and the throne: the life and times of Sir Edward Coke, 1552-1634 (origineel 1957; editie 1957)door Catherine Drinker Bowen
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. 5117. The Lion and The Throne The Life and Times of Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), by Catherine Drinker Bowen (read 1 Feb 2014) (National Book Award nonfiction prize for 1958) This is a carefully researched biography, and tells well the important story of a giant in legal history. In the closing years of Queen Elizabeth I's reign and the opening years of James I's reign Coke was a prosecutor, handling the trials of Essex, Raleigh, and the Gunpowder plotters. Then he became a judge and his most important work was performed as he became a vigorous opponent of arbitrary royal power, deciding such legal milestones as Bonham's Case (which laid the foundation for judicial review). He was an opponent of Sir Francis Bacon, and while he was ousted by Bacon he lived to see Bacon fall--a fall Bacon eminently deserved. The book is a lot more interesting than you might expect, though it does help to know some law. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Sir Edward Coke was perhaps the pre-eminent jurist during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James of England. He was the prime author of the Petition of Right, so this biography is simultaneously the story of the roots of our form of free government. But the man who rose to be the Chief Justice of England was eventually dismissed from the bench in disgrace. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Sir Edward Coke was an extraordinary man. He pretty much upheld English common law single-handedly against the absolutist minded Stuarts. Because he fought tooth and nail we now enjoy freedom of speech, Habeous Corpus, procedure and jurisdiction and he can probably be accorded credit for the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
The prose is engaging and rich. The cast of characters is long and so is the important historical events that Coke was witness to and an actor in: the Spanish Armada, the Union of the Crowns, the Gunpowder Plot, the execution of Sir Walter Raleigh. the British Civil War, Sir Francis Bacon being a toady little jerk while also establishing the scientific method and creating the game "Six Degrees of Separation from Sir Francis Bacon" (not as fun as it sounds). You can easily see why it won the 1956 National Book Award, or at least I can. ( )