Institutes of the Lawes of England

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Institutes of the Lawes of England is a foundational early 17th-century English legal treatise by Sir Edward Coke that systematically expounds and interprets the common law.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
common law commentary ⓘ
legal treatise ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Coke on Littleton ⓘ
associatedPerson Sir Thomas Littleton ⓘ
associatedWith Parliamentary supremacy ⓘ
doctrine of the rule of law ⓘ
author Sir Edward Coke ⓘ
citedBy American courts ⓘ
English courts ⓘ
commentaryStyle case-based reasoning ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England ⓘ
firstPartSubject commentary on Littleton’s Tenures ⓘ
firstPartTitle The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England ⓘ
fourthPartSubject jurisdiction of courts ⓘ
fourthPartTitle The Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England ⓘ
genre legal literature ⓘ
historicalStatus foundational text of Anglo-American legal tradition ⓘ
historicalUse guide for lawyers and judges ⓘ
influenced American colonial law ⓘ
development of English common law ⓘ
early United States law ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalAuthorityStatus highly authoritative in 17th and 18th centuries ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legalTradition Anglo-American law ⓘ
linked to: English law
mainSubject English common law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
jurisdiction of courts ⓘ
property law ⓘ
statutory interpretation ⓘ
notableFor analysis of statutes ⓘ
discussion of prerogative powers of the Crown ⓘ
interpretation of Magna Carta ⓘ
systematic exposition of common law ⓘ
originalScript Latin alphabet ⓘ
printingTechnology early modern print ⓘ
publicationCentury 17th century ⓘ
regionOfInfluence British North American colonies ⓘ
England and Wales ⓘ
secondPartSubject exposition of statutes including Magna Carta ⓘ
secondPartTitle The Second Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England ⓘ
thirdPartSubject criminal law and pleas of the Crown ⓘ
thirdPartTitle The Third Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed medieval and early modern English law ⓘ
usedAs authoritative legal reference ⓘ
usedIn legal education in American colonies ⓘ
legal education in England ⓘ
volumeCount 4 ⓘ

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Sir Edward Coke → notableWork → Institutes of the Lawes of England ⓘ
The Reports → relatedTo → Institutes of the Lawes of England ⓘ
Institutes of the Lawes of England → firstPartTitle → The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England ⓘ
linked to: Institutes of the Lawes of England
Institutes of the Lawes of England → secondPartTitle → The Second Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England ⓘ
linked to: Institutes of the Lawes of England
Institutes of the Lawes of England → thirdPartTitle → The Third Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England ⓘ
linked to: Institutes of the Lawes of England
Institutes of the Lawes of England → fourthPartTitle → The Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England ⓘ
linked to: Institutes of the Lawes of England
Coke on Littleton → basedOn → Treatise on Tenures ⓘ
linked to: Institutes of the Lawes of England
Coke on Littleton → partOf → Coke’s Institutes of the Laws of England ⓘ
linked to: Institutes of the Lawes of England