Immagine dell'autore.

William Blackstone (1723–1780)

Autore di Commentaries on the Laws of England [complete]

34 opere 790 membri 8 recensioni 1 preferito

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Fonte dell'immagine: Print by T. Hamilton Crawford after Joshua Reynolds, c1930 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-2536)

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Opere di William Blackstone

Commentaries on the Laws of England [complete] (1797) — Autore — 210 copie
Ehrlich's Blackstone {complete} (1959) — Autore — 12 copie
Jesus Is Coming (2017) 1 copia

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1723-07-10
Data di morte
1780-02-14
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
UK
Luogo di residenza
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
London, England
Istruzione
University of Oxford (Pembroke College)
Attività lavorative
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 altra recensione | 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 altra recensione | Jun 23, 2015 |
 
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StephenKaye | 4 altre recensioni | Aug 28, 2014 |

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Popolarità
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Voto
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Recensioni
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ISBN
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