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other rights and immunities. Some have thought that unjust attacks, even upon life or property, at the arbitrary will of the magistrate, are less dangerous to the commonwealth than such as are made upon the personal liberty of the subject. To bereave a man of life, or by violence to confiscate his estate, without accusation or trial, would be so gross and notorious an act of despotism, as must at once convey the alarm of tyranny throughout the whole kingdom; but confinement of the person, by secretly hurrying him to jail, where his sufferings are unknown or forgotten, is a less public, a less striking, and therefore a more dangerous engine of arbitrary government.
632:] / by Sir William Blackstone ... ; together with such notes of enduring value as have been published in the several English editions ; and also, a copious analysis of the contents ; and additional notes with references to English and American decisions and statutes, to date, which illustrate or change the law of the text ; also a full table of abbreviations and some considerations regarding the study of the law, by Thomas M. Cooley. Published: Chicago: Callaghan and Co., 1871, Second Edition 1876, Third Edition 1884, Fourth Edition edited by James DeWitt Andrews 1899. 526: 1488: 614:: with notes of reference, to the Constitution and laws, of the federal government of the United States, and of the Commonwealth of Virginia : in five volumes, with an appendix to each volume, containing short tracts upon such subjects as appeared necessary to form a connected view of the laws of Virginia, as a member of the federal union / by St. George Tucker. 639:/ by Sir William Blackstone, KT. Edition Information: From the author's 8th ed., 1778 / edited for American lawyers by William G. Hammond ; with copious notes, and references to all comments on the text in the American reports, 1787–1890. Published: San Francisco : Bancroft–Whitney Company, 1890. Description: 4 vols. 585:; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe. And yet there are very few, that will give themselves the trouble to consider the original and foundation of this right. 191:
described Volume I as "masterly", noting that "Mr Blackstone is perhaps the first who has treated the body of the law in a liberal, elegant and constitutional manner. A vein of good sense and moderation runs through every page". Every copy was sold within six months, and the second and third volumes,
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Of great importance to the public is the preservation of this personal liberty; for if once it were left in the power of any the highest magistrate to imprison arbitrarily whomever he or his officers thought proper, (as in France it is daily practised by the crown,) there would soon be an end of all
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when they were first published, credits Blackstone with having "taught jurisprudence to speak the language of the scholar and the gentleman; put a polish upon that rugged science, cleansed her from the dust and cobwebs of the office and, if he has not enriched her with that precision which is drawn
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he principal aim of society is to protect individuals in the enjoyment of those absolute rights, which were vested in them by the immutable laws of nature, but which could not be preserved in peace without that mutual assistance and intercourse which is gained by the institution of friendly and
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the easy and contradictory assurance that England's current political settlement represented the optimal state of rational and just government, while claiming simultaneously that this optimal state was an ideal that had always existed in the past, despite the many struggles in England's history
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Blackstone's treatise was republished in 1770, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1778 and in a posthumous edition in 1783. Reprints of the first edition, intended for practical use rather than antiquary interest, were published until the 1870s in England and Wales, and a working version by
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in 1759. The decision to resign was most likely due to the increasing demands of his legal practice and the reduced profit from the lectures, which, after peaking at £340 in 1762, dropped to £239 a year later and to £203 for the final round of lectures in 1765–66.
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The Twelfth Edition (with portraits of the judges), with the last corrections of the author and with notes and additions by Edward Christian, Esq., Barrister at Law and Professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge, London, 1793–1795. 4 vols.,
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were long regarded as the leading work on the development of English law and played a role in the development of the American legal system. They were in fact the first methodical treatise on the common law suitable for a lay readership since at least the
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for their severity. He does however accept that "It is a melancholy truth, that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than an hundred and sixty have been declared by Act of Parliament to be felonious without
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said of Blackstone: "He it was who first gave to the law the air of a science. He found it a skeleton and clothed it with life, colour and complexion. He embraced the cold statue and by his touch, it grew into youth, health and beauty."
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that existed at civil law were also dealt with in this volume, as were the jurisdictions of the several courts, from the lowest to the highest. Almost as an afterthought, Blackstone also adds a brief chapter on
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in England, Blackstone's text answered an urgent need in the developing United States and Canada. In the United States, the common law tradition was being spread into frontier areas, but it was not feasible for
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systematically arranged and adapted to the existing State of the Law and Constitution, with great Additions. By S. Warren, . . . 1855, 8vo 2nd edition, 1856. See IX. The original portions of Blackstone are
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The British Constitution; or, an Epitome of Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, for the Use of Schools. By Vincent Wanostrocht, LL.D., Alfred House Academy, Camberwell, 1823, 12mo; xi. 845.
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were influential largely because they were in fact readable, and because they met a need. As such, they were used in the training of American and British lawyers long after the death of Blackstone.
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was already beginning to overshadow property in land, but its law lacked the complex feudal background of the common law of land, and was not dealt with nearly as extensively by Blackstone.
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The Rights of Persons is the first volume in the four part series that is the Commentaries. Divided into 18 chapters, it is largely concerned with the rights of individuals; the rights of
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An Abridgment of Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, in a series of Letters from a Father to his Daughter, chiefly intended for the Use and Advancement of Female Education
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Blackstone economized: being a compendium of the laws of England to the present time by Sir William Blackstone, David Mitchell Aird Published: London: Longmans, Green, & Co.: 1878
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published in October 1766 and June 1768, received a similar reception. The fourth and final volume appeared in 1769, dealing with criminal law. With the financial success of the
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Select Extracts from Blackstone's Commentaries, carefully adapted to the Use of Schools and Young Persons; with a Glossary, Questions, and Notes, and a General Introduction
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quote from Blackstone's work whenever they wish to engage in historical discussion that goes back that far, or farther (for example, when discussing the intent of the
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The Commentaries of Sir W. Blackstone, Knight, on the Law and Constitution of England, carefully abridged in a new manner, and continued down to the present time
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have been cited, and all statutes modifying the text by William Draper Lewis. Published: Philadelphia : Rees Welsh and Company, 1897. Description: 4 vols.
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Commentaries on the Laws of England, in the Order and Compiled from the Text of Blackstone, and embracing the New Statutes and Alterations to the present time
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between 1765 and 1769. The work is divided into four volumes, on the rights of persons, the rights of things, of private wrongs and of public wrongs.
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social communities. Hence it follows, that the first and primary end of human laws is to maintain and regulate these absolute rights of individuals.
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The Fifth Edition, Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, MDCCLXXIII., printed for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, and Daniel Prince. 8vo., 4 vols.
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Commentaries on the Law of England, principally in the order, and comprising the whole substance, of Commentaries of Sir W. Blackstone
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of classical erudition, enlivened her with metaphors and allusions and sent her abroad in some measure to instruct."
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There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of
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most of the text was rewritten but the structure was realigned more closely to Blackstone's original.
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Same by Sir J. E.E. W. . . . A new edition corrected ... by his son Sir J. E. E. W. 3rd edit. 1855.
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Blackstone, William (1768). "Chapter 27: Of Injuries Preeceding From, Or Affecting, The Crown".
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Blackstone, William (1768). "Chapter 17: Of Injuries Preeceding From, Or Affecting, The Crown".
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A Summary of the Constitutional Law of England: being an Abridgment of Blackstone's Commentaries
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The Sovereignty of the Law: Selections from Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England
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The Eighteenth Edition, with notes by J. Chitty, London, 1826 (often reprinted in America).
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Essentials of the Law: A Review of Blackstone's Commentaries for the Use of Students at Law
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only from the sterling treasury of the sciences, has decked her out to advantage from the
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But Blackstone's chief contribution was to create a succinct, readable, and above all
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Alschuler, Albert (1994). "Sir William Blackstone and the shaping of American law".
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edited by William Carey Jones Published: San Francisco: Bancroft–Whitney Co. 1926.
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Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, abridged for the Use of Students
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A bibliography of The Commentaries of the Laws of England from Legal Bibliography
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were hotly contested, some seeing in them an evil or covert attempt to reduce or
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Blackstone, William (1768). "Chapter 1: Of the Absolute Rights of Individuals".
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Sir William Blackstone and the Common Law: Blackstone's Legacy to America
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The Mysterious Science of the Law: An Essay on Blackstone's Commentaries
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New Commentaries on the Laws of England (Partly Founded on Blackstone)
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Commentaries on the Laws of England. Book 1: Of The Rights of Persons
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It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.
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The Sixteenth Edition, with notes by J. T. Coleridge, London, 1825.
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to carry around the large libraries that contained the common law
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The commentaries on the laws of England of Sir William Blackstone
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Commentaries on the Laws of England. Book 2: The Rights of Things
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Blackstone, William (1768). "Chapter 1: Of Property in General".
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Milsom, S.F.C. (1981). "The Nature of Blackstone's Achievement".
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law upon which the English law of land was founded. Property in
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of the Constitution). The book was famously used as the key in
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Commentaries on the Laws of England. Book 3: Of Private Wrongs
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The Student's Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England
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as they existed in Blackstone's time. The various methods of
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The Rights of Things, Blackstone's longest volume, deals with
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William Blackstone: Law and Letters in the Eighteenth Century
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by R M N Kerr, William Clowes & Son, 1885—Ninth Edition
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While there is much valuable historical information in the
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could be exercised to correct any hardships or injustices.
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vision of English law as a force to protect people, their
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readable and understandable by non-lawyers. At first, his
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and codifications and has been far less amenable than the
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the common law which was anathema to common law purists.
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Commentaries on the laws of England : in four books
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was required reading for all first year law students.
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In 1765 Blackstone announced his resignation from the
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between overreaching kings and wayward parliaments.
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Index

Blackstone's Commentaries

title page
William Blackstone
treatise
common law
William Blackstone
Clarendon Press
Oxford
Middle Ages
precedent
statute
civil law
Roman law
Revolutionary
United States courts
Opinions
Supreme Court of the United States
Framers
Benedict Arnold
book cipher
John André
Continental Army
American Revolution
Vinerian Chair
Owen Ruffhead
Sardinian
Sir Walter Rawlinson
Lord Northington
John Morton

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