Commentaries on the Laws of England - Wikipedia
WEBThe Commentaries on the Laws of England[1] (commonly, but informally known as Blackstone's Commentaries) are an influential 18th-century treatise on the common law of England by Sir William Blackstone, originally published by the Clarendon Press at Oxford between 1765 and 1769.
William Blackstone - Wikipedia
WEBOn 20 October 1759 Blackstone was confirmed as the first Vinerian Professor of English Law, immediately embarking on another series of lectures and publishing a similarly successful second treatise, titled A Discourse on the Study of the Law.
Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England
WEBIntroduction. Section the First : On the Study of Law. Section the Second : Of the Nature of Laws in General. Section the Third : Of the Laws of England. Section the Fourth : Of the Countries Subject to the Laws of England. Book the First : The Rights of Persons. Chapter the First : Of the Absolute Rights of Individuals.
Sir William Blackstone | English Jurist & Legal Scholar
WEBSir William Blackstone was an English jurist, whose Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4 vol. (1765–69), is the best-known description of the doctrines of English law. The work became the basis of university legal education in England and North America.
A Discourse on the Study of the Law - Wikipedia
WEBA Discourse on the Study of the Law is a treatise by Sir William Blackstone first published in 1758. On 20 October 1758 Blackstone had been confirmed as the first Vinerian Professor of English Law, and immediately gave a lecture …
Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-69)
WEBWilliam Blackstone (1723-80) was the author of A Discourse on the Study of Law (1758), Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-69), and other works. These works were for the most part based on lectures he delivered at …
Commentaries on the Laws of England | work by Blackstone
WEBSir William Blackstone (born July 10, 1723, London, England—died February 14, 1780, Wallingford, Oxfordshire) was an English jurist, whose Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4 vol. (1765–69), is the best-known description of the doctrines of English law. The work became the basis of university legal education in England and North America.
Blackstone | The Oxford Handbook of Legal History - Oxford …
WEBThe four-volume Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–1769) and the series of lectures Blackstone delivered at Oxford from 1753, changed the way lawyers thought about the law. Blackstone’s Commentaries were read by more people, non-lawyers as well as lawyers, than any other English law book.
Commentaries on the Laws of England - William Blackstone
WEBOxford's variorum edition of William Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law of England and Wales offers the definitive account of the Commentaries' development in a modern format.
Blackstone and his Commentaries : Biography, Law, History
WEBJul 6, 2009 · One of the most celebrated works in the Anglo-American legal tradition, William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-9) has recently begun to attract renewed interest from...
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