"...the right of property...that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe."
-Sir William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book Two (1766)
Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book Two by Sir William Blackstone (1825) is the second in a four-volume set originally published between 1765 and 1770. This edition is the 16th, released in 1825, and includes notes by J. T. Coleridge. The longest of the four, this book focuses on the rights of things such as personal property, estates, and the feudal system. Along with the others in this collection, this book heavily influenced British law and other legal systems worldwide. Readers interested in a condensed version of this must-have law text might consider the abridged edition combining all four volumes, also available from Cosimo Classics.
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Höhe: 216 mm
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SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE (1723-1780) was born and educated in England, earning his law degree and working in a variety of positions before becoming a noted writer and lecturer. His Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1770) has served as a reference for the writers of the U.S. Constitution as well as for U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
