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[[Image:27 2blinka fig01f.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Simon Greenleaf]]]]

[[Image:27 2blinka fig01f.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Simon Greenleaf]]]]

'''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://lawreligionculturereview.blogspot.com/2008/05/rules-of-evidence-tools-of-truth.html</ref> <ref>http://www.mtio.com/articles/bissart1.htm</ref><ref>http://www.ankerberg.com/Articles/apologetics/AP0302W3.htm</ref><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 days 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>  

Dr. [[Simon Greenleaf]] was one of the chief figures in the early days 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>