The Commentaries of Sir William Blackstone on the Laws and Constitution of England Carefully Abridged in a New Manner and Continued Down to the Present Time

1796. An abridged version of Blackstone's Commentaries. Sir William Blackstone, Professor of Common Law, Oxford University, was an eminent, prolific English authority on common law. His book, Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, considered to be the bible of American lawyers, has been the most influential book in English on our legal system and has nourished the American renaissance of the common law ever since its publication. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.