The Commentaries on the Laws of England of Sir William Blackstone / Adapted to the Present State of the Law by Robert Malcolm Kerr. Volume 3 of 4
The Commentaries on the Laws of England of Sir William Blackstone / Adapted to the Present State of the Law by Robert Malcolm Kerr. Volume 3 of 4
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The Commentaries on the Laws of England of Sir William Blackstone / Adapted to the Present State of the Law by Robert Malcolm Kerr. Volume 3 of 4 by Sir William Blackstone 1723-1780
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.Stanley N. is a well-known author. Katz is a professor of public and international affairs at Princeton University and the director of the Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781240003266 |
| ISBN 10 | 1240003269 |
| Title | The Commentaries on the Laws of England of Sir William Blackstone / Adapted to the Present State of the Law by Robert Malcolm Kerr. Volume 3 of 4 |
| Author | Sir William Blackstone 1723-1780 |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Gale, Making of Modern Law |
| Year published | 2010-12-17 |
| Number of pages | 462 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |