1979, ISBN: 9780226055473

First University of Chicago Press Edition. ERSTAUSGABE. xiii, 473, xv, 520, xix (Appendix), xii, 455, xxvii (Appendix), xvi, 436, vii (appendix), viii (Supplement). 8° , Leinen Best condi… More...

First University of Chicago Press Edition. ERSTAUSGABE. xiii, 473, xv, 520, xix (Appendix), xii, 455, xxvii (Appendix), xvi, 436, vii (appendix), viii (Supplement). 8° , Leinen Best condition, Sehr guter Zustand. -- Perhaps the most important legal treatise ever written in the English language, Sir William Blackstone's "Commentaries on the Laws of England" (1765-69) was the first effort to consolidate English common law into a unified and rational system. Clearly and elegantly written, the work achieved immediate renown and exerted a powerful influence on legal education both in England and America. This handsomely produced, slipcased four-volume set includes facsimiles of the eighteenth-century first edition, undistorted by later interpolations. The "Commentaries" is divided into four books. The first, introduced by Stanley N. Katz, deals with what Blackstone called "the rights of persons," what a modern lawyer would call constitutional law, the legal structure of government. Book II includes an introduction by A. W. Brian Simpson and describes the law of property. Book III, introduced by John H. Langbein, analyzes civil procedure and remedies. The last book, which is devoted to criminal law and procedure, includes an introduction by Thomas A. Green. Now regarded as a literary, as well as a legal classic, Blackstone's "Commentaries" brilliantly laid out the system of English law in the mid-eighteenth century, demonstrating that as a system of justice, it was comparable to Roman law and the civil law of the Continent. Ironically, the work also revealed to the colonists the insufficiencies of the system and became a model for the legal system of the fledgling American nation in 1789. Supplemented with commentary by experts in the field, these classic facsimile volumes belong on every lawyer's bookshelves. Volume I: "Of the Rights of Persons (1765)"Volume II: "Of the Rights of Things (1766)"VolumeIII: "Of Private Wrongs (1768)"Volume IV: "Of Public Wrongs (1769)" Versand D: 9,00 EUR , [PU:University of Chicago Press, Chicago,]<

2002, ISBN: 9780226055473

University of Chicago Press, Hardcover, Auflage: Facsimile of 1765-1769 ed, 1942 Seiten, Publiziert: 2002-07-15T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 4.11 kg, Books Global Store, Special Featur… More...

University of Chicago Press, Hardcover, Auflage: Facsimile of 1765-1769 ed, 1942 Seiten, Publiziert: 2002-07-15T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 4.11 kg, Books Global Store, Special Features, Books, Business, Finance & Law, Subjects, History, University Textbooks, Box Sets, Special Features Stores, University of Chicago Press, 2002<