Commentaries on the laws of england by sir blackstone. Perhaps the most important legal treatise ever written in the english language, sir william blackstones commentaries on the laws of england 176569 was the first effort to consolidate english common law into a unified and rational system. In the 19th century, american and british womens rightsor lack of themdepended heavily on the commentaries of william blackstone which defined a married woman and man as one person under the law. Blackstones commentaries legal definition of blackstones. Avalon project blackstones commentaries on the laws of. A series of lectures delivered by the english jurist sir william blackstone at oxford in 1753 and published as commentaries on the laws of england in four volumes between 1765 and 1769, which systematized and clarified the amorphous body of english law. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Hence it follows, that the first and primary end of human laws is to maintain and regulate these absolute rights of individuals. Oxfords 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. John adams, thomas jefferson, james madison, alexander hamilton, benjamin franklin, john marshall, and john dickinson all read and owned various editions and frequently cited it in their writings. Read william blackstones commen taries on the laws of england 17651769. For the first time it is possible to trace the evolution of english law and blackstone s thought through the eight editions of blackstone s lifetime, and the authorial corrections of the posthumous ninth.
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Sir william blackstone sl kc 10 july 1723 14 february 1780 was an english jurist, judge and tory politician of the eighteenth century. Most often, it is the first english edition, the first american edition, or tuckers edition see below that is needed. The objects of the laws of england are so very numerous and extensive, that, in order to consider them. Of the nature of laws in general abridged by sir william blackstone. Introduction to commentaries on the laws of england, book ii oxford university press. Among the most celebrated works in the angloamerican legal tradition, william blackstones commentaries on the laws of england. Blackstone s commentaries on the laws of england 1765.
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