Mr. Christian
historical figure · 4 works · 5 mentions · 7 anchored passages
Christian · Bunyan's Christian
in the texts
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery
One of Blackstone's editors, credited with observing that the writ of habeas corpus makes slavery impossible in England.
Christian, one of Blackstone’s editors, says that it is this writ that makes slavery impossible in England.
Christian then adds:
”—Christian’s note, Blackstone, Vol.
Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England
Early nineteenth-century editor of Blackstone's Commentaries who denied that English law showed special favour to women.
” But this splendid optimism of 1765 is too much for even the complacent toryism of 1809, and at that date, Christian, an editor of Blackstone’s Commentaries, feels bound to deny that the law of England has shown any special partiality to women, and protests that he is not so much in love with his subject “as to be inclined to leave it in possession of a glory which it may not justly deserve.
An Essay on the Trial by Jury
Editor/annotator of Blackstone cited for supporting the interpretation of the temporary charter.
Christian speaks of this charter as settling the true meaning of the corresponding clause of Magna Carta, on the principle that laws and charters on the same subject are to be construed with reference to each other.
The Genius of the Common Law
The allegorical pilgrim protagonist of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, invoked as a comparison for the Common Law's trials.
she knows as much as Bunyan’s Christian of Apollyon’s fiery darts and Giant Despair’s grievous crab-tree cudgel.