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William Blackstone (1723–1780)

Auteur de Commentaries on the Laws of England [complete]

34 oeuvres 789 utilisateurs 8 critiques 1 Favoris

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Crédit image: Print by T. Hamilton Crawford after Joshua Reynolds, c1930 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-2536)

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Œuvres de William Blackstone

Commentaries on the Laws of England [complete] (1797) — Auteur — 209 exemplaires
Ehrlich's Blackstone {complete} (1959) — Auteur — 12 exemplaires
Jesus Is Coming (2017) 1 exemplaire

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Date de naissance
1723-07-10
Date de décès
1780-02-14
Sexe
male
Nationalité
UK
Lieux de résidence
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
London, England
Études
University of Oxford (Pembroke College)
Professions
jurist

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Already somewhat familiar with U.S. law, I read only the introduction and certain chapters of interest in Volume 1. I did not learn a lot, but laypersons with a strong interest in law and its foundations could surely enjoy discovering some basics from this. Of course, Blackstone is concerned with British law about 1750. But the fundamentals have hardly changed, and U.S. law is modeled very closely upon British law.

It is fortunate that Blackstone's Commentaries were available and well known to our founding fathers. Laws, handed down and refined by experience since before even the written word*, may be our most precious inheritance.

* Blackstone pointed out that even Cain, in killing Abel, knew he had committed a crime.
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KENNERLYDAN | Jul 11, 2021 |
" . . . the last perfect Digest of both branches of law* " — Thomas Jefferson to John Minor, 30 August 1814, including Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Moore, [ca. 1773?], PTJ:RS 7:625-631.

* referring to common law and chancery (or equity)
 
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ThomasJefferson | 1 autre critique | Jun 23, 2015 |
" . . . the last perfect Digest of both branches of law* " — Thomas Jefferson to John Minor, 30 August 1814, including Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Moore, [ca. 1773?], PTJ:RS 7:625-631.

* referring to common law and chancery (or equity)
 
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ThomasJefferson | 1 autre critique | Jun 23, 2015 |
 
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StephenKaye | 4 autres critiques | Aug 28, 2014 |

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Œuvres
34
Membres
789
Popularité
#32,272
Évaluation
4.1
Critiques
8
ISBN
92
Langues
1
Favoris
1

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