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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.

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It was the dominant lawbook in England and America in the century after its publication and played a unique role in the development of the fledgling American legal system.

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Stanley N. Katz is a professor of public and international affairs and the director of the Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies at Princeton University.

A.W. Brian Simpson is the Charles F. and Edith J. Clyne Professor of Law at the University of Michigan.

John H. Langbein is the Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and Legal History at Yale University.

Thomas. A. Green is the John P. Dawson Collegiate Professor of Law and professor of history at the University of Michigan.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Chicago Press; 1st edition (November 15, 1979)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0226055388
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0226055381
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.44 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.03 x 5.91 x 1.02 inches

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All your "s"s look like "f"s! - Stan Freeburg "Early America"

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With all the Historical Revisionism going on these days I try very hard to find as close to original documents as I can. An actual facsimile of a first Edition removes all doubt that it has been tampered with by subsequent "handlers" (Publishers). These pages are like photocopies of the originals without tears or smudgmarks due to age, I absolutely LOVE this 4 volume set of the original first edition...including the fact that the "s"s look like "f"s.

So if reading paffages like thif bothers you fomewhat, you may defire to find something elf. Me, I kinda find it grows on you after a while and it gets easier,... though I still can't follow the reaffoning as to when they choofe to use what when, and why the "f"s still look like "f"s when lots-- but not all-- of the "s"s do too! Perhaps the typesetters were saving the "s"s from prematurely wearing out~.

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Good version of a seminal work in law

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Good version of a seminal work in law. much better than many facsimile copies that are out there for older books that are otherwise out of print.

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Though Read... Old English... let thou be warned...

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tried to read this but the old English writing style was simply too much for me...

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Should be required for all law students

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I am a law student who read this edition of Blackstone's Commentaries for a jurisprudence course, and it was a great experience. Blackstone details the inner logic and principles of the common law and why it stands as an equal among Greek, Roman, and civil law. He also systematically details the logic and basis for the law of civil rights, property, civil procedure, and criminal law in England. These sections provided me with a much better understanding of the origin and rationality behind our system of law.

In addition he also explains the historical origins of the common law and the political structure of England's government at the time just before our nation's independence and why it had been superior, at that time, to any other form of government in all of Europe in the securing and preservation of human liberty. I highly recommend at least volume I to law students and even to any reader interested in better understanding the origins of our government. His explanations in particular will give you a much better understanding of how English government functioned and how our government distinguished itself in substantial ways from England.

Any scholar, student, or avid reader of political science, law, or history will benefit and enjoy this great literary work.

Ignore the earlier critique of the font, the facsimile of the first edition really transports you back in time and the font is not that difficult to navigate. The only real difference is "f" is used in place of "s" everywhere but in the last letter of words ("greateft" "fortrefs" "fubject" etc.). Generally it's very clear when the "f" is an "s" although there are a few confusing exceptions (e.g. "wife" is "wise" as in the "wife laws of England..."). The first edition included footnotes where Blackstone cited English, Latin, and Roman works and these are reproduced here as well.

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