I'm trying to put together a good list of books to read over the next semester or so -- I'm trying to be more disciplined with schoolwork and private studies, so I'd like to go at this in a fairly systematic way. Can anyone recommend a good set of theological/biblical studies books for a law student? There need not be a direct link to law at all; I'd just like a list that, as a whole, helps to integrate law and Christianity.

Thanks!

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Evie B.
PCA
Cambridge, Massachusetts

"Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." --Isaiah 43:18-19 (ESV)

Evie,

There are good sources from the puritan era, as well as some modern.

There are political treatises by Beza, by John Ponet, by Samuel Rutherford, and by others, which may be found here:

American Colonist's Library

Beza:
Theodore Beza - The Right of Magistrates Over Their Subjects

Ponet:
A Short Treatise on Political Power

Rutherford:
Rutherford: Lex, Rex, or The Law and the Prince

Here is a Puritan legal code from Massachusetts:
The Winthrop Society: Descendants of the Great Migration


Most of these deal with political theory, or the Reformed teaching on proper civil government.

There is also Sir Edward Coke's work on the Laws of England, and Blackston's commentary on the Common Law:
Tucker's Blackstone: Contents

(not sure where you can find Coke's work - on line or in book format).

Books on the Maxims of Common Law are generally good, if done in the 19th Century or early 20th (e.g. Broom's).

There is very little of such quality in modern times. I recommend Rushdoony's Institutes of Biblical Law highly as one modern treatment of common and biblical law.

Those are some legal books. Practically, you may find Calvin's Institutes of value, as well as some of the plethora of good Puritan literature, and, of course, Shakespeare.

Cheers,

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Adam Brink, Livermore Wine Country, California
Grace Church of Pleasanton, PCA

Attorney: Chicolini, when were you born?
Chicolini: I don't remember. I was just a little baby.
~Chico Marx in Duck Soup

1) Thompson Chain Reference Bible (NIV)
2) King James Bible
3) Strong's Concordance (for KJV)
4) Westminster Standards with Scripture Proofs (I like the blue notebook format, it also has an excellent historical summary of the Reformation)
5) GI Williamson's The Westminster Confession of Faith for Study Classes
6) Dr RC Sproul's "What is Reformed Theology"
7) Samuel Rutherford's "Lex Rex"
Samuel Rutherford: Lex Rex (Law Is King, or The Law and the Prince) 1644

Thanks so much! How wonderful that all of these books are free online!

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Evie B.
PCA
Cambridge, Massachusetts

"Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." --Isaiah 43:18-19 (ESV)

I am so glad I already have this, too! Thanks!

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Evie B.
PCA
Cambridge, Massachusetts

"Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." --Isaiah 43:18-19 (ESV)

One more,

8)Dr RC Sproul's "Truths we Confess- a Layman's Guide to the Westminster Confession of Faith" (3 volume set)

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Scott
PCA
North Carolina

Soli Deo Gloria

"Horton Hears a Who" - Dr. Seuss.

"... because a person's a person, not matter how small."

Relating to the sixth commandment, and abortion.

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That is great!

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Evie B.
PCA
Cambridge, Massachusetts

"Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." --Isaiah 43:18-19 (ESV)

On that note, I neglected to mention some works by Rev. Dr. T. Robert Ingram: World Under God's Law and What's Wrong With Human Rights.

WUGL is available at Sermons Audio:

SermonAudio.com - Search Results

WWWHR here:

http://www.contra-mundum.org/books/WWWHR.pdf


Cheers,

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Adam Brink, Livermore Wine Country, California
Grace Church of Pleasanton, PCA

Attorney: Chicolini, when were you born?
Chicolini: I don't remember. I was just a little baby.
~Chico Marx in Duck Soup

Flee!

Sorry, I only have suggestions on courses of action and not books.

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Andrew DeShazo, Deacon, Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN
"All of us stumble in many ways, but if anyone is never at fault in what he says, then he is mature, able to control his whole body."(James 3:2)

Well, I already finished the first year, so (I hope) the worst is over. Maybe?

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Evie B.
PCA
Cambridge, Massachusetts

"Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." --Isaiah 43:18-19 (ESV)

That depends. As one who finished all three years and practiced for more than 10, the worst may not be over.

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Fredrick T. Greco
Senior Pastor, Christ Church PCA (Katy, TX)
Christ Church Blog

"The heart is the main thing in true religion...It is the hinge and turning-point in the condition of man's soul. If the heart is alive to God and quickened by the Spirit, the man is a living Christian. If the heart is dead and has not the Spirit, the man is dead before God." (J.C. Ryle)

Haha, maybe not. But I kind of doubt I will practice that long in a firm if I get married.

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Evie B.
PCA
Cambridge, Massachusetts

"Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." --Isaiah 43:18-19 (ESV)

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R.Vic Bottomly
Providence Reformed Baptist Church, Tacoma, WA

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