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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.
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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]
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.
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]
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.