Sir Edward Coke
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Sir Edward Coke was an influential English jurist and parliamentarian whose legal writings and advocacy for the rule of law and limits on royal authority helped shape the development of constitutional government in England and beyond.
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English jurist
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Member of Parliament ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ legal writer ⓘ parliamentarian ⓘ person ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1552-02-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Mileham, Norfolk, England ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1634-09-03 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Clifford's Inn
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Inner Temple ⓘ Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
common law
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constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| influenced |
American constitutional law
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English constitutional law ⓘ John Locke ⓘ William Blackstone ⓘ the framers of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| influencedBy | English common law tradition ⓘ |
| knownFor |
articulating the rule of law
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defending the supremacy of common law over royal prerogative ⓘ development of judicial review concepts ⓘ influencing constitutional government in England and America ⓘ opposition to the royal prerogative of James I ⓘ |
| legalPhilosophy | advocacy of limits on royal authority ⓘ |
| memberOf | Inner Temple ⓘ |
| name |
Sir Edward Coke
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| notableWork |
Institutes of the Lawes of England
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The Reports ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermEnd | 1629 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermStart | 1589 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Attorney General for England and Wales
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Chief Justice of the Common Pleas ⓘ Chief Justice of the King’s Bench ⓘ Member of Parliament for Buckingham ⓘ Member of Parliament for Coventry ⓘ Member of Parliament for Norfolk ⓘ Solicitor General for England and Wales ⓘ Speaker of the House of Commons of England ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Bridget Paston
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Elizabeth Cecil ⓘ |
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