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'''Christian legal apologetics''' is a branch of [[Christian apologetics]] that affirms that the available evidence to defend [[Christianity]] argues for the veracity of the historical and central claims of Christianity when [[Western World|Western]] legal standards of weighing evidence are applied.  An area that has received considerable attention in the field of Christian legal apologetics is the [[Resurrection of Jesus Christ|resurrection of Jesus Christ]]. Legal scholars, legal authorities, an eminent lawyers such as [[Simon Greenleaf]], [[John Warwick Montgomery]], [[Lord Darling]], [[John Singleton Copley]], [[Hugo Grotius]], [[Lord Caldecote]], [[J. N. D. Anderson]], [[Lionel Luckhoo]], and many others have asserted that western legal standards argue for the resurrection of Christ. <ref>http://www.bibleteacher.org/sgtestimony.htm</ref><ref>http://www.mtio.com/articles/bissart1.htm</ref><ref>http://www.ankerberg.com/Articles/apologetics/AP0302W3.htm</ref><ref>http://lawreligionculturereview.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_lawreligionculturereview_archive.html</ref><ref>http://www.trinitysem.edu/journal/philjohnsonpap.html</ref><ref>http://www.trinitysem.edu/journal/philjohnsonpap.html</ref>  

'''Christian legal apologetics''' is a branch of [[Christian apologetics]] that affirms that the available evidence to defend [[Christianity]] argues for the veracity of the historical and central claims of Christianity when [[Western World|Western]] legal standards of weighing evidence are applied.  An area that has received considerable attention in the field of Christian legal apologetics is the [[Resurrection of Jesus Christ|resurrection of Jesus Christ]]. Legal scholars, legal authorities, an eminent lawyers such as [[Simon Greenleaf]], [[John Warwick Montgomery]], [[Lord Darling]], [[John Singleton Copley]], [[Hugo Grotius]], [[Lord Caldecote]], [[J. N. D. Anderson]], [[Lionel Luckhoo]], and many others have asserted that western legal standards argue for the resurrection of Christ. <ref>http://www.bibleteacher.org/sgtestimony.htm</ref><ref>http://www.mtio.com/articles/bissart1.htm</ref><ref>http://www.ankerberg.com/Articles/apologetics/AP0302W3.htm</ref><ref>http://lawreligionculturereview.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_lawreligionculturereview_archive.html</ref><ref>http://www.trinitysem.edu/journal/philjohnsonpap.html</ref><ref>http://www.trinitysem.edu/journal/philjohnsonpap.html</ref>  

Dr. '''Simon Greenleaf''' was one of the chief figures in the early daus of the [[Harvard Law School]], a legal scholar, and also served as a [[Isaac Royall, Jr.|Royall]] Professor at [[Harvard Law School]].<ref>Harvard University Library: [http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~law00056 Simon Greenleaf]</ref><ref>http://www.drbilllong.com/LegalHistory/Greenleaf.html</ref>    In addition, Greenleaf was the author of the classic three-volume text, ''A Treatise on the Law

Dr. [[Simon Greenleaf]] was one of the chief figures in the early daus of the [[Harvard Law School]], a legal scholar, and also served as a [[Isaac Royall, Jr.|Royall]] Professor at [[Harvard Law School]].<ref>Harvard University Library: [http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~law00056 Simon Greenleaf]</ref><ref>http://www.drbilllong.com/LegalHistory/Greenleaf.html</ref>    In addition, Greenleaf was the author of the classic three-volume text, ''A Treatise on the Law

of Evidence'' (1842) and according to Dr. Wilbur Smith this work "is still considered the greatest single authority on evidence in the entire literature on legal procedure.” <ref>http://www.johnankerberg.org/Articles/ATRJ/truth/ATRJ1203-EVPDF/ATRJ1203-EV-3.pdf</ref>  

of Evidence'' (1842) and according to Dr. Wilbur Smith this work "is still considered the greatest single authority on evidence in the entire literature on legal procedure.” <ref>http://www.johnankerberg.org/Articles/ATRJ/truth/ATRJ1203-EVPDF/ATRJ1203-EV-3.pdf</ref>  

In his essay the ''[[Testimony of the Evangelists Examined by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice]]'', Greenleaf wrote the following:  

In his essay the ''[[Testimony of the Evangelists Examined by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice]]'', Greenleaf wrote the following: