Commentaries on the Laws of England, Volume 3 (Paperback, Facsimile of 1 ed (1765-69))

Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769) stands as the first great effort to reduce the English common law to a unified and rational system. Blackstone demonstrated that the English law as a system of justice was comparable to Roman law and the civil law of the Continent. Clearly and elegantly written, the work achieved immediate renown and exerted a powerful influence on legal education in England and in America which was to last into the late nineteenth century. The book is regarded not only as a legal classic but as a literary masterpiece. Previously available only in an expensive hardcover set, Commentaries on the Laws of England is published here in four separate volumes, each one affordably priced in a paperback edition. These works are facsimiles of the eighteenth-century first edition and are undistorted by later interpolations. Each volume deals with a particular field of law and carries with it an introduction by a leading contemporary scholar. Introducing this third volume, Of Private Wrongs, John H. Langbein discusses Blackstone's account of procedure and jurisdiction, jury trial, and equity. He also examines Blackstone's uneasy attitude toward the celebrated legal frictions of English civil procedure.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1979
First published:	November 1979
Authors:	William Blackstone
Dimensions:	153 x 229 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	476
Edition:	Facsimile of 1 ed (1765-69)
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-05543-5
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > General
LSN:	0-226-05543-4
Barcode:	9780226055435

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