Institutes of the Lawes of England

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How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.

Edward Coke

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Custom and convention Reason Law

Author

Edward Coke

Source

Institutes of the Lawes of England

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Treatise

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Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1628 1620s 17th century

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Coke, Edward. The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. Or, a Commentarie upon Littleton, Not the Name of a Lawyer Onely, but of the Law it selfe. London: Societe of Stationers, 1628, bk. 1, ch. 10, sect. 80.

Reason is the life of the law, nay the common law itself is nothing else but reason.

Edward Coke

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Common law Law Reason

Author

Edward Coke

Source

Institutes of the Lawes of England

Medium

Treatise

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Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1628 1620s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

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Coke, Edward. The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England. Or, a Commentarie upon Littleton, Not the Name of a Lawyer Onely, but of the Law it selfe. London: Societe of Stationers, 1628, bk. 2, ch. 6, sect. 138.