The Third Part of The Reports Of Edward Bulstrode Of the Inner Temple ESQ; His Highnesse Chief Justice of North-Wales. Of divers Resolutions and Judgements, given with great advice, and Mature deliberation by the Grave, Reverend, and Learned Judges, and Sages of the LAW. Of Cases and Matters in Law: With the Reasons and causes of their said Resolutions and Judgements, given in the Court of Kings Bench in the time of the late Reign of King James, and the beginning of King Charles

The first edition of the third part of Bulstrode's reports. Bound in fine modern 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Fine binding and cover. Collated. [20], 341, [1], index [24] pp. License laid on rear pastedown. Generally clean, and unmarked. Light foxing. Scarce, stray, early marginalia. Wing B5448. ESTC R226767. A view of 17th century English common law. Dean's Memo and Brown's Bibliography list the second edition of this text was in John Marshall's law notes. An interesting excerpt, "The poorest person living, were not the Law his refuge, would be yet more unhappy then his present condition can make him, for be he never so mean he is within its care, and the greatest Person living is not exempted from its Power" And, "But is is not a licentious Liberty which the Law gives us, but a real Freedom, a freedom from Slavery and Tyranny." (Speaking of the Liberties of England, referencing Lord Coke.) Bulstrode draws deeply from the Western legal tradition, citing Justinian's code, Coke, Hooker, Aristotle, the Magna Carta, Roman law, etc. Much of the legal basis of law he presents is familiar to modern English and American jurists, and political philosophers. Edward Bulstrode (c.1588-1659) was a noted English jurist. During the 1620s-1630s, he served on the courts of chancery, king's bench, and Star Chamber. Bulstrode's best know work was his law reports, 'covering king's bench suits in 1610 17, and 1625 6, as well as some poor-law assizes cases from the early years of Charles I. These were translated by Bulstrode from his original law-French notes into English, the first reports to have been so published by their author." - Wilfrid Prest, Bulstrode, Edward (c.1588-1659), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. …