柯克是英国历史上出色的大法官,他参与起草了《权利请愿书》,并且对《大宪章》进行了创造性的解释。他崇尚普通法至上,主张正当的程序原则和权利保护原则,并且认为法官独立和司法审查是法律应有之义。他的思想带有浓厚的早期古典自然法色彩,对英国和美国的宪政思想都有巨大影响。 Kirk was a great judge in British history, involved in the drafting of the Petitions for Rights, and creatively explained the Magna Carta. He advocated the common law supremacy, advocated the principle of due process and the principle of protection of rights, and held that the independence of judges and the judicial review are the legal meanings. His thought, with its strong early classical natural law color, had a huge impact on constitutionalism in the United Kingdom and the United States.