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The title page of the first book of William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1st ed., 1765). The Commentaries on the Laws of England [1] (commonly, but informally known as Blackstone's Commentaries) are an influential 18th-century treatise on the common law of England by Sir William Blackstone, originally published by the Clarendon Press at Oxford between 1765 and 1769.
A fifth edition was published in 1762, [9] and a sixth, edited to take into account Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, in 1771. [10] Many of the later editions were prefaced with copies of Blackstone's A Discourse on the Study of the Law, first published in 1758. [11]
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A fifth edition was published in 1762, [50] and a sixth, edited to take into account Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, in 1771. [51] Because of the success of the Commentaries , Prest remarks that "relatively little scholarly attention has been paid to this work"; [ 49 ] at the time, however, it was hailed as "an elegant ...
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Works by the English jurist and politician William Blackstone (1723–1780). Pages in category "Works by William Blackstone" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Reports in K.B. and C.P., from 1746 to 1779 is the title of a collection of nominate reports, by Sir William Blackstone, [1] of cases decided between approximately 1746 and 1780. For the purpose of citation their name may be abbreviated to "Black W" or "Bl W". They are in two volumes.
Sir William Blackstone, author of the Discourse. A Discourse on the Study of the Law is a treatise by Sir William Blackstone first published in 1758. On 20 October 1758 Blackstone had been confirmed as the first Vinerian Professor of English Law, and immediately gave a lecture on 24 October, which was reprinted as the Discourse. [1]