Document Type
Article
Abstract
Matthew Hale stands along with Edward Coke and John Selden as one of the major lawyers of seventeenth-century England. Holdsworth said of Hale: "His character and talents made him easily the greatest lawyer of his day [and] the most scientific jurist that England had yet seen." Holdsworth also recognized him as the greatest common lawyer since Coke and as a lawyer superior to Coke.' The purpose of this short article is to acknowledge the four-hundredth anniversary of his birth and provide a short summary of the major events in his life along with a bibliography of books written by him and about him.
Repository Citation
Fishman, J. (2013). Matthew Hale (1609-1676): Four-Hundredth Anniversary. Unbound - An Annual Review of Legal History and Rare Books, 6. Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/law-faculty-scholarship/194