esta ] ▁and ▁forb idd ing ▁the ▁contrary .' " ▁Fort esc ue ▁c ited ▁the ▁great ▁Italian ▁Leon ardo ▁Br uni ▁for ▁his ▁statement ▁that ▁" virt ue ▁alone ▁produces ▁happiness ." ▁ ▁Christopher ▁St . ▁Germ ain ' s ▁Doctor ▁and ▁Student ▁was ▁a ▁classic ▁of ▁English ▁juris pr ud ence , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁thoroughly ▁annot ated ▁by ▁Thomas ▁Jefferson . ▁St . ▁Germ ain ▁inform s ▁his ▁readers ▁that ▁English ▁law y ers ▁generally ▁don ' t ▁use ▁the ▁phrase ▁" law ▁of ▁nature ", ▁but ▁rather ▁use ▁" reason " ▁as ▁the ▁preferred ▁syn onym . ▁Norman ▁Do e ▁notes ▁that ▁St . ▁Germ ain ' s ▁view ▁" is ▁essentially ▁Thom ist ," ▁qu oting ▁Thomas ▁Aqu inas ' s ▁definition ▁of ▁law ▁as ▁" an ▁ordin ance ▁of ▁reason ▁made ▁for ▁the ▁common ▁good ▁by ▁him ▁who ▁has ▁charge ▁of ▁the ▁community , ▁and ▁prom ul g ated ". ▁ ▁Sir ▁Edward ▁Co ke ▁was ▁the ▁pre em inent ▁jur ist ▁of ▁his ▁time . ▁Co ke ' s ▁pre em in ence ▁extended ▁across ▁the ▁ocean : ▁" For ▁the ▁American ▁revolution ary ▁leaders , ▁' law ' ▁meant ▁Sir ▁Edward ▁Co ke ' s ▁custom ▁and ▁right ▁reason ." Th omas ▁Jefferson ▁wrote ▁to ▁James ▁Mad ison ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 6 ▁that ▁before ▁the ▁Revolution , ▁the ▁first ▁volume ▁of ▁Co ke ' s ▁Instit utes ▁of ▁the ▁La ws ▁of ▁England ▁" was ▁the ▁universal ▁elementary ▁book ▁of ▁law ▁students ,