The Oxford Edition of Blackstone: Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book 4 of Public Wrongs

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William Blackstone Ruth Paley (The History of Parliament Trust)

The Oxford Edition of Blackstone

Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book 4 of Public Wrongs

William Blackstone, Ruth Paley (The History of Parliament Trust)

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Oxford University Press
28 July 2016

Common law; Legal history; Criminal law & procedure

Series: The Oxford Edition of Blackstone's

Oxford's variorum edition of William Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law of England and Wales offers the definitive account of the Commentaries' development in a modern format. For the first time it is possible to trace the evolution of English law and Blackstone's thought through the eight editions of Blackstone's lifetime, and the authorial corrections of the posthumous ninth edition. Introductions by the general editor and the volume editors set the Commentaries in their historical context, examining Blackstone's distinctive view of the common law, and editorial notes throughout the four volumes assist the modern reader in understanding this key text in the Anglo-American common law tradition. In the final volume of the Commentaries Blackstone presents a comprehensive and critical overview of English criminal law and procedure, prefaced by a discussion of the philosophical and basis of the criminal justice system. His final chapter 'On the Rise, Progress, and Gradual Improvements, of the Laws of England' provides a fitting historical conclusion to the work as a whole.

By: William Blackstone
Edited by: Ruth Paley (The History of Parliament Trust)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 245mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 790g
ISBN: 9780199601028
ISBN 10: 019960102X
Series: The Oxford Edition of Blackstone's
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 28 July 2016
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Reviews for The Oxford Edition of Blackstone: Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book 4 of Public Wrongs

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 resource for studying them. * Brian Bix, Frederick W. Thomas Professor of Law and Philosophy, Jotwell *