Project Gutenberg 2009-12-30 Public domain in the USA. 1004 Blackstone, William, Sir 1723 1780 Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the First Produced by The Bookworm, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Posner Memorial Collection (http://posner.library.cmu.edu/Posner/)) "Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the First" by Sir William Blackstone is a comprehensive academic text written in the late 18th century. The work is designed to serve as a systematic presentation of English law, focusing on the civil polity and legal framework of the time, compiled from Blackstone's lectures at the University of Oxford. It aims to enlighten readers about the legal principles that govern society and the importance of legal knowledge in the context of personal rights and responsibilities. The opening of the work sets the stage for Blackstone's exploration of English law by discussing the significance of legal education and the long-standing neglect of such instruction within universities. Blackstone reflects on the necessity for gentlemen and scholars to be acquainted with the law, illustrating that understanding legal principles is vital for leadership and responsible citizenship. He emphasizes the importance of law in ensuring justice and the protection of liberty, indicating that the subsequent sections will delve into the specific rights of individuals, the role of Parliament, and the nature of governance in England. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30802/30802-h/images/title.jpg en Law -- England -- History Law -- England KD Text British Law Browsing: History - British Browsing: Law & Criminology 1347914 1347923 2024-09-13T07:10:45.233438 2023-09-13T11:54:56.889847 text/html text/html 1372979 2021-01-05T23:42:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 537685 2021-01-05T23:42:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 569384 2024-09-13T07:11:04.735376 application/epub+zip 600859 2024-09-13T07:10:47.983488 application/epub+zip 534918 2024-09-13T07:10:46.553448 application/epub+zip 983939 2024-09-13T07:11:16.059282 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 883012 2024-09-13T07:11:03.128386 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 815437 2022-09-14T08:32:02.910900 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1036254 1035989 2024-09-13T07:10:41.783460 2023-09-13T11:54:53.495823 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1036023 2021-01-05T23:42:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 374259 2021-01-05T23:42:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1036138 2021-01-05T23:42:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 374189 2021-01-05T23:42:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20647 2024-09-13T07:11:16.227271 application/rdf+xml 14473 2024-09-13T07:10:46.809452 image/jpeg 2514 2024-09-13T07:10:46.683431 image/jpeg 526957 2024-09-13T07:10:45.339504 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia