St. Germain, Christopher

Doctor and Student: Or Dialogues Between a Doctor of Divinity

      Germain, Christopher (1460? - [St. -1540)]. 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; Also Comparing the Civil, Canon, Common and Statute Laws, And Shewing Wherein They Vary from One Another. To Which is Now Added on Account of the Author, And a General Table of the Principal Matters; Never Before Printed. [London]: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling, 1721. [xii], 366, [40] pp. Includes one-page publisher leaf. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, rebacked in calf with lettering piece and gilt fillets, endpapers renewed. Some rubbing to boards and extremities, corners bumped and somewhat worn. Early owner signature to head of title page, interior otherwise fresh. * 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. An authority well into the eighteenth century, it influenced several writers, including Blackstone. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations 25 (35). [Attributes: Hard Cover]