The Third Part of the Institutes of England, Concerning High Treason.

Coke, Sir Edward

Publication Date: 1644

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First Edition of Coke's Third Institutes Coke, Sir Edward [1552-1643]. The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Concerning High Treason, And Other Pleas of the Crown, And Criminal Causes. London: Printed.by M. Flesher, For W. Lee, and D. Pakeman, 1644. [x], 243, [3] pp. Lacking copperplate portrait frontispiece. Folio (11-1/4" x 7-1/4"; 28.6 x 18.4 cm). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands to spine. Staining, a few scuffs and light rubbing to boards, front board beginning to separate but secure, rear board detached, corners worn, spine worn away at ends, pastedowns loose, creased and edgeworn, lower section lacking from rear pastedown, tiny bookseller ticket (Wildy's) to verso of front board, brief annotations and, twice, "John Lloyd's Book" to front free endpaper. Title printed within woodcut architectural border. Moderate toning to interior, faint dampstaining to upper half of text block, underlining and brief annotations in places. $750. * First edition. Coke's Institutes, which eventually comprised four volumes, are thought to be the first textbooks on the modern common law. Taken together, they provide a concise, yet comprehensive overview of the law as it stood in Coke's lifetime. As noted by Carter and Muir, the work "firmly established itself as the basis of the constitution of the realm." Both Coke and the Institutes remain influential in contemporary Anglo-American systems; the Institutes have been cited in over 70 U.S. Supreme Court cases since 1790, including 21st-century landmark cases such as Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. The third Institutes is devoted to crimes, punishments, pardons and restitutions, with important sections that address how far the Crown can act alone and where it requires the assistance and joint power of Parliament. The annotations in our copy are case citations and cross-references to treatises. Carter and Muir, Printing and the Mind of Man 126. English Short-Title Catalogue R12841.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Third Part of the Institutes of England, Concerning High Treason.
• Publication Date: 1644
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
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