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Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book 1 of 4

Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book 1 of 4

by Sir William Blackstone

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Author
Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780
Title
Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the First
Credits
Produced by The Bookworm, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Posner Memorial Collection ( posner.library.cmu.edu/Posner/))
Language
English
LoC Class
KD: Law in general, Comparative and uniform law, Jurisprudence: United Kingdom and Ireland
Subject
Law -- England
Category
Text
eBook-No.
30802
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30802
Release Date
December 30, 2009
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND .
  2. 2.BOOK THE FIRST . — BY WILLIAM BLACKSTONE , Esq . VINERIAN PROFESSOR OF LAW , AND SOLICITOR GENERAL TO HER MAJESTY . — PREFACE .
  3. 3.ERRATA . — CONTENTS .
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION .
  5. 5.Book I. Of the Rights of Persons . — COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND . — INTRODUCTION .
  6. 6.Section the first . On the STUDY of the LAW . [A]
  7. 7.Section the second . Of the NATURE of LAWS in general .
  8. 8.Section the third . Of the LAWS of ENGLAND .
  9. 9.Section the fourth . Of the COUNTRIES subject to the LAWS of ENGLAND . — COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND . Book the first . Of the RIGHTS of PERSONS .
  10. 10.Chapter the first . Of the absolute RIGHTS of INDIVIDUALS .
  11. 11.Chapter the second . Of the PARLIAMENT .
  12. 12.Chapter the third . Of the KING , and his TITLE .
  13. 13.Chapter the fourth . Of the KING’s royal FAMILY .
  14. 14.Chapter the fifth . Of the COUNCILS belonging to the KING .
  15. 15.Chapter the sixth . Of the KING’s DUTIES .
  16. 16.Chapter the seventh . Of the KING’s PREROGATIVE .
  17. 17.Chapter the eighth . Of the KING’s REVENUE .
  18. 18.Chapter the ninth . Of subordinate MAGISTRATES .
  19. 19.Chapter the tenth . Of the PEOPLE , whether ALIENS , DENIZENS , or NATIVES .
  20. 20.Chapter the eleventh . Of the CLERGY .
  21. 21.Chapter the twelfth . Of the CIVIL STATE .
  22. 22.Chapter the thirteenth . Of the MILITARY and MARITIME STATES .
  23. 23.Chapter the fourteenth . Of MASTER and SERVANT .
  24. 24.Chapter the fifteenth . Of HUSBAND and WIFE .
  25. 25.Chapter the sixteenth . Of PARENT and CHILD .
  26. 26.Chapter the seventeenth . Of GUARDIAN and WARD .
  27. 27.Chapter the eighteenth . Of CORPORATIONS .

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