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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. In his introduction
to this first volume, Of the Rights of Persons, Stanley N. Katz
presents a brief history of Blackstone's academic and legal career
and his purposes in writing the Commentaries. Katz discusses
Blackstone's treatment of the structure of the English legal
system, his attempts to justify it as the best form of government,
and some of the problems he encountered in doing so.
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 second volume, "Of the Rights of Things," A. W.
Brian Simpson discusses the history of Blackstone's theory of
various aspects of property rights--real property, feudalism,
estates, titles, personal property, and contracts--and the work of
his predecessors.
Oxford'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. 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
edition. Introductions by the general editor and the volume editors
set the Commentaries in their historical context, examining
Blackstone's distinctive view of the common law, and editorial
notes throughout the four volumes assist the modern reader in
understanding this key text in the Anglo-American common law
tradition. Property law is the subject of Book II, the second and
longest volume of Blackstone's Commentaries. His lucid exposition
covers feudalism and its history, real estate and the forms of
tenure that a land-owner may have, and personal property, including
the new kinds of intangible property that were developing in
Blackstone's era, such as negotiable instruments and intellectual
property.
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.
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