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Blackstone
William Blackstone was an English jurist, judge, and legal scholar of the 18th century. He is widely known as the author of the “Commentaries on the Laws of England,” the most influential legal text in the English-speaking world, and is traditionally credited with making English common law accessible to ordinary citizens. His life represents a dramatic transformation from struggling lawyer to becoming a famous law pr
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William Blackstone translates inherited rights and limits on power into clear, systematic law. No human laws, he said, were valid if contrary to natural law. By showing how freedom is preserved through due process, settled precedent, and the rule of law, he advances a core principle of free societies: liberty endures when rights are known, teachable, and enforceable against power.
Books & Works
Remarks on Some Paragraphs in Mr. Blackstone’s Commentaries
Priestley, Joseph, 1733–1804 · n.d. · Remarks on some paragraphs in the Fourth Volume of Mr. Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England, relating to the Dissenters. 55 p. 22½ cm. Subject: Dissenters — England.
Books & WorksA Comment on the Commentaries
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748–1832 · 1928 · A comment on the Commentaries; a criticism of William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England. Printed from the author’s manuscript with introduction and notes by Charles Warren Everett. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1928. viii, 253 p. 23 cm.
Books & WorksCommentaries on the Laws of England
Blackstone, Sir William, 1723–1780 · 1775 · Commentaries on the laws of England. Oxford, 1775. 4 v. frontispiece. 22 cm.
Books & WorksCommentaries on the Laws of England
Blackstone, Sir William, 1723–1780 · 1803 · Commentaries on the laws of England. Philadelphia, 1803. 4 v. 22½ cm. ARD-9720
Books & WorksEnglish Blake
Blackstone, Bernard, 1911– · 1949 · English Blake. Cambridge, University Press, 1949. xviii, 454 p. plates, portrait. 23 cm.
Resources
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Blackstone, Sir William, 1723–1780 · 1803 · Commentaries on the laws of England. Philadelphia, 1803. 4 v. 22½ cm. ARD-9720
ResourcesEnglish Blake
Blackstone, Bernard, 1911– · 1949 · English Blake. Cambridge, University Press, 1949. xviii, 454 p. plates, portrait. 23 cm.