Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the First by Sir William Blackstone
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"Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the First" by Sir William Blackstone is a legal treatise published in 1765. This groundbreaking work made English common law accessible to ordinary readers for the first time since the Middle Ages. Book the First examines the rights of persons, exploring individuals' freedoms, Parliament's authority, the monarchy's powers, and the relationships between masters and servants, husbands and wives, parents and children. Blackstone's readable approach transformed
legal education in Britain and America, shaping the development of the American legal system. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780 |
|---|---|
| Title | Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the First |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commentaries_on_the_Laws_of_England |
| Credits |
Produced by The Bookworm, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Posner Memorial Collection (posner.library.cmu.edu/Posner/)) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 49.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | KD: Law in general, Comparative and uniform law, Jurisprudence: United Kingdom and Ireland |
| Subject | Law -- England -- History |
| Subject | Law -- England |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 30802 |
| Release Date | Dec 30, 2009 |
| Last Update | Jan 5, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2352 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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