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Article: Francis Bacon.
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- Michigan Law Review
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- May 1, 1994
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FRANCIS BACON. By Daniel R. Coquillette. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 1992. Pp. x, 358. $39.50.
Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England -- the man who pioneered the scientific method, dreamed of the research university, set forth a prophetic agenda for law reform, and wrote so gracefully that he has been accused of writing Shakespeare's plays -- fell from office when proof emerged that he had taken bribes. The story is old; it remains important.
With Francis Bacon,(1) Daniel Coquillette(2) provides a valuable study of Bacon's legal career and jurisprudential impact. Coquillette makes the most of an exasperating subject, because writing on ...