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by William Blackstone (Author)
Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769) stands as the first great effort to reduce the English common law to a unified and rational system. Blackstone demonstrated that the English law as a system of justice was comparable to Roman law and the civil law of the Continent. Clearly and elegantly written, the work achieved immediate renown and exerted a powerful influence on legal education in England and in America which was to last into the late nineteenth century. The book is regarded not only as a legal classic but as a literary masterpiece.
It was the dominant lawbook in England and America in the century after its publication and played a unique role in the development of the fledgling American legal system.
Stanley N. Katz is professor of legal history at Princeton University. He has written widely on English and American legal history of the eighteenth century.
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