The Oxford Edition of Blackstone's: Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book I, II, III, and Ivpack (1ST ed.)

Name: The Oxford Edition of Blackstone's: Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book I, II, III, and Ivpack (1ST ed.)
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780199600984
Price: 138.00 USD
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"a unique and valuable contribution to scholarship ... future scholars will benefit immensely from this exceptionally valuable contribution to legal history." -- Ian Williams, The Journal of Legal History

"Blackstone's Commentaries remain a central source for understanding both historical and modern Anglo-American law - as well as many debates in Anglo-American legal philosophy - and Oxford University Press's new edition of the Commentaries offers a valuable new resource for studying them."-- Brian Bix, Frederick W. Thomas Professor of Law and Philosophy, Jotwell

"Blackstone's Commentaries remain a central source for understanding both historical and modern Anglo-American law - as well as many debates in Anglo-American legal philosophy - and Oxford University Press's new edition of the Commentaries offers a valuable new resource for studying them." - Brian Bix, Jotwell

Brief Description:
On dust cover of Book I: "with a general editor's introduction by Wilfrid Priest."

Biographical Note:
William Blackstone

Ruth Paley is an Editor at the History of Parliament Trust, focusing on the House of Lords from 1660-1832.

Brief Description:
The only variorum edition of Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law, tracing the evolution of Blackstone's thought from the first to the ninth edition. The fourth volume addresses central topics of criminal law, known as 'public wrongs'.

Promotional Headline:
The only variorum edition of Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law.