Saint Germain, Christopher; Muchall, William, Ed

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 Thereof.

      Saint Germain, Christopher [1460- - 1540]. Muchall, William, Editor. London: Printed by A. Strahan, 1787. [xvi], 345, [36] pp. Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style with raised bands and lettering piece, endpapers renewed. Some rubbing to extremities, corners somewhat worn, front hinge starting. Toning to text, negligible light foxing in a few places. Later owner signature to front free endpapaer, interior otherwise clean. * Seventeenth edition, "Corrected and Improved." 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 the common law and other issues regarding the jurisdiction of Parliament. A very important work in the development of equity, Doctor and Student appeared in numerous editions and it remained an authority well into the eighteenth century. The edition by Muchell, later reissued as the eighteenth, is considered to be the best one. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:25 (34). [Attributes: Hard Cover]