Commentaries on the Laws of England

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Commentaries on the Laws of England is an influential 18th-century legal treatise by William Blackstone that systematically organized and explained English common law, shaping legal education and jurisprudence in Britain and the United States.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
legal treatise ⓘ
non-fiction work ⓘ
author William Blackstone ⓘ
citedBy courts in the United Kingdom ⓘ
courts in the United States ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
describedAs codification-like overview of common law ⓘ
systematic exposition of English law ⓘ
firstEditionDate 1765 ⓘ
genre legal literature ⓘ
hasInfluentialReader Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
Founding Fathers of the United States ⓘ
James Madison ⓘ
John Marshall ⓘ
hasLaterEdition annotated American editions ⓘ
numerous 18th-century editions ⓘ
numerous 19th-century editions ⓘ
hasPart Book I: Of the Rights of Persons ⓘ
Book II: Of the Rights of Things ⓘ
Book III: Of Private Wrongs ⓘ
Book IV: Of Public Wrongs ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
influenced American constitutional law ⓘ
United States Supreme Court jurisprudence ⓘ
development of common law ⓘ
legal education in England ⓘ
legal education in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy English common law tradition ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
mainSubject English common law ⓘ
English law ⓘ
jurisprudence ⓘ
notableFor influence on Anglo-American legal tradition ⓘ
systematic organization of English law ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 4 ⓘ
publicationEndDate 1769 ⓘ
publicationPlace Oxford ⓘ
publicationStartDate 1765 ⓘ
publisher Clarendon Press ⓘ
topic constitutional principles ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
property law ⓘ
rights of persons ⓘ
torts ⓘ
usedAs textbook for law students in England ⓘ
textbook for law students in the United States ⓘ

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A Fragment on Government → criticizes → Commentaries on the Laws of England ⓘ
A Fragment on Government → precededBy → Commentaries on the Laws of England ⓘ
William Blackstone → notableWork → Commentaries on the Laws of England ⓘ
William Blackstone → hasPart → Book I of Commentaries on the Laws of England ⓘ
linked to: Commentaries on the Laws of England
William Blackstone → hasPart → Book II of Commentaries on the Laws of England ⓘ
linked to: Commentaries on the Laws of England
William Blackstone → hasPart → Book III of Commentaries on the Laws of England ⓘ
linked to: Commentaries on the Laws of England
William Blackstone → hasPart → Book IV of Commentaries on the Laws of England ⓘ
linked to: Commentaries on the Laws of England
Commentaries on American Law → influencedBy → William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England ⓘ
linked to: Commentaries on the Laws of England
William Blackstone → notableWork → Commentaries on the Laws of England ⓘ
subject linked to: Sarah Clitherow
De donis conditionalibus → citedIn → Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England ⓘ
linked to: Commentaries on the Laws of England