Sir William Blackstone (10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780) was an English jurist, justice and Tory politician most noted for his Commentaries on the Laws of ...

Sir William Blackstone was an English jurist, whose Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4 vol. (1765–69), is the best-known description of the doctrines of ...

Born to an middle-class English family in 1723, the political philosopher William Blackstone began his academic pursuits as a poet before his fascination...

14.5.2024 · William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England was the first legal treatise to comprehensively describe the common law as it existed in England in ...

Blackstone was by no means a scientific jurist. He had only the vaguest grasp of the elementary conceptions of law. He evidently regarded the law of England as ...

Lawyer, judge, politician, poet, teacher, and architect, William Blackstone was a major figure in eighteenth century public life.

1.1.2009 · William Blackstone (1723–1780) authored what is arguably the most influential treatise on the laws of England.

The authority on law in the eyes of the American Founders. Still cited today when articulating the meaning of American laws and Constitution.

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Introduction · Book the First : The Rights of Persons · Book the Second : The Rights of Things · Book the Third : Of Private Wrongs.