Great Christian jurists in English history / edited by Mark Hill QC and R.H. Helmholz.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

1st edition

87707

Christian lawyers -- England -- Biography.

Law -- England -- Christian influences -- History.

Christianity and law -- History.

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

2. Henry of Bratton (alias Bracton) / Nicholas Vincent

3. William Lyndwood / R. H. Helmholz

4. Christopher St German: religion, conscience and law in reformation England / 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, jr.

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: a civilian in the last years of doctors' commons / 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.

The Great Christian Jurists series comprises a library of national volumes of detailed biographies 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. Offers a unique, comparative study of law, religion and morals over ten centuries. Includes insights and perspectives from the world's leading legal historians. Constructs a critical comparative analysis of changing social attitudes to faith. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781107190559

xxii, 353 p. ; 24 cm