Commentaries on American Law

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Commentaries on American Law is a foundational 19th-century legal treatise that systematically organized and explained American common law and greatly influenced U.S. legal education and jurisprudence.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
legal treatise ⓘ
non-fiction work ⓘ
aim to adapt Blackstone's framework to American conditions ⓘ
to systematize American case law and statutes ⓘ
author James Kent ⓘ
basedOn lectures delivered at Columbia College ⓘ
citedBy U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
state supreme courts ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coversTopic U.S. constitutional law ⓘ
commercial law ⓘ
contracts ⓘ
criminal law principles ⓘ
domestic relations ⓘ
equity ⓘ
law of nations ⓘ
property law ⓘ
state constitutional law ⓘ
describedAs foundational 19th-century American legal treatise ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1826 ⓘ
genre legal literature ⓘ
hasDigitalVersion available in online legal archives ⓘ
hasEdition multiple revised editions in the 19th century ⓘ
hasLegacy long-term influence on doctrinal development in U.S. law ⓘ
historicalPeriod early American Republic ⓘ
inception circa 1826 ⓘ
influenced 19th-century American judges ⓘ
American jurisprudence ⓘ
linked to: United States law

U.S. legal education ⓘ
development of American common law ⓘ
influencedBy William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus authoritative secondary source on American law ⓘ
mainSubject American common law ⓘ
United States law ⓘ
jurisprudence ⓘ
notableEditor Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (later editor of an edition) ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 4 ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
publicationPeriod 1820s ⓘ
1830s ⓘ
publisher O. Halsted ⓘ
structure systematic exposition of American law ⓘ
title Commentaries on American Law ⓘ
usedAs law school textbook ⓘ
usedIn 19th-century American legal education ⓘ

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James Kent → notableWork → Commentaries on American Law ⓘ
James Kent → hasPart → Commentaries on American Law, Volume I ⓘ
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James Kent → hasPart → Commentaries on American Law, Volume II ⓘ
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James Kent → hasPart → Commentaries on American Law, Volume III ⓘ
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James Kent → hasPart → Commentaries on American Law, Volume IV ⓘ
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Joseph Story → notableWork → Commentaries on the Law of Bailments ⓘ
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Joseph Story → notableWork → Commentaries on the Law of Agency ⓘ
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Commentaries on American Law → title → Commentaries on American Law ⓘ