William Blackstone
William Blackstone

Author: Wilfrid Prest

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-01-26

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 0199652015

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Lawyer, politician, poet, teacher and architect, William Blackstone was a major figure in 18th century public life, and pivotal in the history of law. Despite the influence of his work, Blackstone the man remains little known. This book, Blackstone's first scholarly biography, sheds light on the life, work, and society of a neglected figure.

A List of Legal Treatises Printed in the British Colonies and the American States Before 1801
A List of Legal Treatises Printed in the British Colonies and the American States Before 1801

Author: Eldon Revare James

Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 1584771437

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James, Eldon Revare. A List of Legal Treatises Printed in the British Colonies and the American States Before 1801. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1934. 52 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-143-7. Cloth. $50. * A bibliography of items published in the British colonies and the United States between 1687-1800, organized by date with complete title page transcriptions. During these years most law books were printed for the benefit of the officer or layman who was called upon to act in a legal capacity. Therefore legal manuals, formbooks, pocket-books, young clerk's vade mecums, justice of the peace manuals, the Conductor Generalis and the like provided the legal sources of the time. This bibliography contains occasional annotations regarding the various printings. Originally published in Harvard Legal Essays.