Project Gutenberg 2009-12-30 Public domain in the USA. 1119 Blackstone, William, Sir 1723 1780 Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the First Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commentaries_on_the_Laws_of_England 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://book.klll.cc/files/30802/30802-h/images/title.jpg Reading ease score: 49.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Law -- England -- History Law -- England KD Text British Law Browsing: History - British Browsing: Law & Criminology Category: History - British Category: Law & Criminology 1348046 2025-06-12T15:26:12.306884 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 569473 2025-06-12T15:26:33.046792 application/epub+zip 600630 2025-06-12T15:26:15.496825 application/epub+zip 534759 2025-06-12T15:26:13.822879 application/epub+zip 983853 2025-06-12T15:26:44.763205 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 883012 2025-06-12T15:26:31.134778 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 815437 2022-09-14T08:32:02.910900 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1036254 2025-06-12T15:26:09.091904 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 21040 2025-06-12T15:26:44.947191 application/rdf+xml 14473 2025-06-12T15:26:14.113851 image/jpeg 2514 2025-06-12T15:26:13.969836 image/jpeg 526912 2025-06-12T15:26:12.414851 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia