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Commentaries On The Laws Of England Four Volumes Complete Set
by Blackstone , Sir William
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0226080331
- ISBN 13
- 9780226080338
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The University Of Chicago Press, 1979. Hardcover. Fine. New books . A facsimilie of the First Edition , 1765 - 1769 . Four hardbound volumes in a slipcase . Complete set . ISBN : 978-0-226-08033-8 . Blackstone's work was the first great attempt to reduce the English common law to a unified and rational system . He demonstrated that the English law as a system of law was at least equal to Roman law and the civil law of the continent . In particular , he established what he saw as the essentially human inspiration of the English common law . Blackstone's writing was remarkable , resulting in a literary masterpiece as well as a legal classic . His work exerted a powerful influence on law education and the practice of law , both in Great Britain and America , from the time of publication until the end of the Nineteenth Century . In America it was the standard for lawyers from Chief Justive Jay to Chief Justice Chase . Both Chief Justice Taney and the praire lawyer , Abraham Lincoln , rooted their understanding of the law in the " Chitty " version of Blackstone's work--even though they saw fundamentally diifferent precedents in it . This set is beautifully bound in cloth and housed in a very sturdy slipcase . Still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap .
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- Bookseller
- The History Place (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010563
- Title
- Commentaries On The Laws Of England Four Volumes Complete Set
- Author
- Blackstone , Sir William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 0226080331
- ISBN 13
- 9780226080338
- Publisher
- The University Of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1979
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Judiciary And Legal Studies; Legal and Judicial Studies;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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