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Blackstone's Comentaries on the Laws of England
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Complete copies of these very famous Commentaries of Sir William Blackstone on the Common Law of England, published 1765-1769. This set of two CDROMS includes both pdf and text files of each of the 4 volumes. This CD set is a valuable resource in any electronic legal library. It makes for great reading for anyone.
Four volumes on a set of two CDROMS
Complete copies of these very famous Commentaries of Sir William Blackstone on the Common Law of England, published 1765-1769. This set of two CDROMS includes both pdf and text files of each of the 4 volumes. This CD set is a valuable resource in any electronic legal library. It makes for great reading for anyone.
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The famous Commentaries of Sir William Blackstone (1723-1780) on the Common Law of England, originally published from 1765 to 1769.
Sir William Blackstone was first unsuccessful in legal practice, so he turned to scholarship and teaching.
In 1770, he was made a judge, first of the court of king's bench, afterwards of the court of common pleas. He edited the Great Charter and was the author of a number of Law Tracts (collected and republished under this title in 1762). The primary source of his fame were his Commentaries on the Laws of England, the first volume of which appeared in 1765 and the fourth and last in 1769. It is a work of many conspicuous merits. In it, the vast mass of details which makes up the common and statute law is brought together and presented as an organic structure; the meaning of each provision is emphasised, and the relation of the parts illustrated; so that the whole body of law appears as a living thing animated by purpose and a triumph of reason. It demonstrated that English law, as a system of justice, was comparable to Roman law and the civil law of the Continent. The style of the book is clear, dignified and eloquent. It ranks with the achievements of Sir Edward Coke and Sir Matthew Hale, Blackstone's great predecessors.
Blackstone's Commentaries, written in an urbane, dignified, and clear style, is regarded as the most thorough treatment of the whole of English law ever produced by one man.
Blackstone has been criticized, notably by Jeremy Bentham, for a complacent belief that English law was beyond improvement and for his failure to analyze exactly and completely the social and historical factors underlying legal systems. Despite this criticism, Bentham, who had heard Blackstone's lectures at Oxford, says that Blackstone, above all institutional writers, has taught jurisprudence to speak the language of the scholar and the gentleman.
Blackstone's book exerted tremendous influence on the legal profession and on the teaching of law in England and in the United States. It was used by American colonists to justify the American resistance to the Crown and independence from Britain. It was also used by American courts, jurists, statesmen, and law texts to explain what the law of the land is and is not in America. It has long been revered as a standard for legal research and reference.
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The famous Commentaries of Sir William Blackstone (1723-1780) on the Common Law of England, originally published from 1765 to 1769.
Sir William Blackstone was first unsuccessful in legal practice, so he turned to scholarship and teaching.
In 1770, he was made a judge, first of the court of king's bench, afterwards of the court of common pleas. He edited the Great Charter and was the author of a number of Law Tracts (collected and republished under this title in 1762). The primary source of his fame were his Commentaries on the Laws of England, the first volume of which appeared in 1765 and the fourth and last in 1769. It is a work of many conspicuous merits. In it, the vast mass of details which makes up the common and statute law is brought together and presented as an organic structure; the meaning of each provision is emphasised, and the relation of the parts illustrated; so that the whole body of law appears as a living thing animated by purpose and a triumph of reason. It demonstrated that English law, as a system of justice, was comparable to Roman law and the civil law of the Continent. The style of the book is clear, dignified and eloquent. It ranks with the achievements of Sir Edward Coke and Sir Matthew Hale, Blackstone's great predecessors.
Blackstone's Commentaries, written in an urbane, dignified, and clear style, is regarded as the most thorough treatment of the whole of English law ever produced by one man.
Blackstone has been criticized, notably by Jeremy Bentham, for a complacent belief that English law was beyond improvement and for his failure to analyze exactly and completely the social and historical factors underlying legal systems. Despite this criticism, Bentham, who had heard Blackstone's lectures at Oxford, says that Blackstone, above all institutional writers, has taught jurisprudence to speak the language of the scholar and the gentleman.
Blackstone's book exerted tremendous influence on the legal profession and on the teaching of law in England and in the United States. It was used by American colonists to justify the American resistance to the Crown and independence from Britain. It was also used by American courts, jurists, statesmen, and law texts to explain what the law of the land is and is not in America. It has long been revered as a standard for legal research and reference.
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