▁sub c ulture , ▁as ▁it ▁has ▁religious ▁undert ones ▁and ▁freedom ▁of ▁religious ▁expression ▁allows ▁it ▁to ▁once ▁again ▁be ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁valid ▁system ▁in ▁Western ▁Europe . ▁ ▁English ▁juris pr ud ence ▁Heinrich ▁A . ▁Rom men ▁remarked ▁upon ▁" the ▁ten acity ▁with ▁which ▁the ▁spirit ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁common ▁law ▁retained ▁the ▁conception s ▁of ▁natural ▁law ▁and ▁equ ity ▁which ▁it ▁had ▁assim il ated ▁during ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Middle ▁A ges , ▁thanks ▁especially ▁to ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁Henry ▁de ▁B ract on ▁( d . ▁ 1 2 6 8 ) ▁and ▁Sir ▁John ▁Fort esc ue ▁( d . ▁cir . ▁ 1 4 7 6 ). " ▁B ract on ' s ▁transl ator ▁notes ▁that ▁B ract on ▁" was ▁a ▁trained ▁jur ist ▁with ▁the ▁principles ▁and ▁dist in ctions ▁of ▁Roman ▁juris pr ud ence ▁firm ly ▁in ▁mind "; ▁but ▁B ract on ▁adapted ▁such ▁principles ▁to ▁English ▁purposes ▁rather ▁than ▁copying ▁s lav ish ly . ▁In ▁particular , ▁B ract on ▁turned ▁the ▁imperial ▁Roman ▁maxim ▁that ▁" the ▁will ▁of ▁the ▁prince ▁is ▁law " ▁on ▁its ▁head , ▁ins isting ▁that ▁the ▁king ▁is ▁under ▁the ▁law . ▁The ▁legal ▁historian ▁Charles ▁F . ▁Mul lett ▁has ▁noted ▁B ract on ' s ▁" eth ical ▁definition ▁of ▁law , ▁his ▁recognition ▁of ▁justice , ▁and ▁finally ▁his ▁dev otion ▁to ▁natural ▁rights ." ▁B ract on ▁considered ▁justice ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁" f ount