Doctor And Student

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by Christopher Saint German

Written originally in Latin in 1523, this work contains two dialogues between a doctor of divinity and a student of English law. It popularized canonist learning on the nature and object of law, the religious and moral standards of law, the foundations of common law and other issues regarding the jurisdiction of Parliament. [1]

Bibliographic Information

Author: Christopher Saint German

Title: Doctor And Student, Or, Dialogues Between A Doctor Of Divinity And A Student In The Laws Of England: Containing The Grounds Of Those Laws, Together With Questions And Cases Concerning The Equity And Conscience Thereof: Also Comparing The Civil, Canon, Common And Statute Laws, And Shewing Wherein They Vary From One Another

Published: London: Printed by S. Richardson and C. Lintot, 1761.

Edition:

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bound in recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards with raised bands and lettering piece to the spine and endpapers renewed. Contains early owner signatures to the head of the title page and Table of Contents.

References

  1. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:25 (35).