Commentaries on the Laws of England. Book the Fourth.
Entry/Object ID
KD660 .B534 1768
Description
Fourth (and final) book in Sir William Blackstone's series, Commentaries on the Laws of England, that was written and published from 1765 to 1769. (436 pages + appendix +index) This leather-bound volume includes 33 chapters that describe English common law in a more accessible format by compiling a wide body of precedents and legal decisions into a single work. The volume focuses specifically on public wrongs, elaborating on types of crimes and their appropriate punishments, the proper course of legal proceedings, and changes to English law over time. Blackstone cites other philosophers and thinkers in this work, including Charles de Secondat Montesquieu and John Locke.
Acquisition
Accession
G566.1-4
Source or Donor
Gift of the Library Committee of the New York Society of N.C.D.A., in honor of Miss Marguerite Appleton.
Acquisition Method
Gift
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Law -- Great Britain., jurisprudence, prior restraint
