Coke on Littleton

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Coke on Littleton is Sir Edward Coke’s influential early 17th-century legal commentary on Sir Thomas Littleton’s treatise on English land law, long regarded as a foundational text in the common law tradition.

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instanceOf law book ⓘ
legal commentary ⓘ
treatise ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Coke upon Littleton ⓘ
Coke’s First Institute ⓘ
First Institute ⓘ
approximatePublicationPeriod early 17th century ⓘ
author Edward Coke ⓘ
linked to: Sir Edward Coke
basedOn Treatise on Tenures ⓘ
commentaryOn Sir Thomas Littleton’s treatise on English land law ⓘ
commentaryStyle gloss on Littleton’s text ⓘ
contains Latin maxims ⓘ
citations to medieval and early modern cases ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
coversTopic common law pleading related to land ⓘ
conveyancing principles ⓘ
estates in land ⓘ
feudal tenures ⓘ
uses and trusts ⓘ
genre legal exegesis ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn American common law ⓘ
interpretation of property rights in common law jurisdictions ⓘ
hasPart First Institute of the Laws of England ⓘ
historicalImportance major source for understanding early modern English land law ⓘ
historicalUse authority in courts for propositions of land law ⓘ
influenced development of English property law ⓘ
development of common law doctrine ⓘ
legal education in England ⓘ
legal education in early America ⓘ
jurisdiction Kingdom of England ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus authoritative commentary in common law tradition ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
linked to: English law
medium print ⓘ
partOf Coke’s Institutes of the Laws of England ⓘ
primaryFocus interpretation of Littleton’s Tenures ⓘ
publicationCentury 17th century ⓘ
regardedAs classic of English legal literature ⓘ
foundational text of the common law tradition ⓘ
scholarlyReception extensively cited in later legal treatises ⓘ
subject English land law ⓘ
common law ⓘ
real property law ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed medieval and early modern English land law ⓘ
usedAs reference work by judges ⓘ
reference work by lawyers ⓘ
textbook for law students ⓘ

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