William Blackstone - Wikipedia
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 England, which became the best-known description of the doctrines of the English common law. [1]
Sir William Blackstone | English Jurist & Legal Scholar - Britannica
Sir William Blackstone (born July 10, 1723, London, England—died February 14, 1780, Wallingford, Oxfordshire) was an English jurist, whose Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4 vol. (1765–69), is the best-known description of the doctrines of English law.
Commentaries on the Laws of England - Wikipedia
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 …
William Blackstone | The First Amendment Encyclopedia
Jan 1, 2009 · William Blackstone (1723–1780) authored what is arguably the most influential treatise on the laws of England. It was widely read in the American colonies, albeit sometimes criticized for its Tory perspectives.
William Blackstone - Atlantic History - Oxford Bibliographies
Feb 20, 2024 · Accomplished legal scholar and jurist William Blackstone (b. 1723–d. 1780) is known for his remarkable work, the Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–1769). Born in London, Blackstone won a scholarship to Pembroke College, Oxford, and subsequently studied the common law in London before being called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1746.
Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England
Introduction. Section the First : On the Study of Law. Section the Second : Of the Nature of Laws in General. Section the Third : Of the Laws of England. Section the Fourth : Of the Countries Subject to the Laws of England. Book the First : The Rights of Persons. Chapter the First : Of the Absolute Rights of Individuals.
William Blackstone - New World Encyclopedia
Sir William Blackstone (July 10, 1723 – February 14, 1780) was an English jurist and professor who produced the historical and analytic treatise on the Common law called Commentaries on the Laws of England, first published in four volumes during the years 1765–1769.
A Biography of William Blackstone (1723-1780)
Blackstone was the unseen teacher for uncounted numbers of American lawyers, first among them Abraham Lincoln. A typical Lincoln legend has it that a lawyer migrating west stopped in New Salem, Illinois, and sold a barrel full of lawbooks, including Blackstone, to the rough-hewn storekeeper and surveyor in order to make room in the covered wagon.
Legacy of Sir William Blackstone - Encyclopedia Britannica
Sir William Blackstone - English Law, Commentaries, Jurisprudence: Blackstone was a good judge but a better commentator. The Commentaries is a systematic, clear, and elegant description of the state of English law in the middle of the 18th century.
Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England
And we have an example of the antiquity of the coif in the fame author's hiftory of England, A. D. 1259. in the cafe of one William de Buffy; who, being called to account for his great knavery and malpractices, claimed the benefit of his orders or clergy, which till then remained an entire fecret; and to that end voluit ligamenta coifae fuae ...