Sum folks has asked me wheah ta gits Blackstone off de Internet (fo free). Dere is 2 editions a de “Commentaries on the Laws of England” ta git.
De furst is de 1st Edition 1765–1769. Its available frum de Yale Universities Law department on de Internet Heahs de Internet location
Yale University’s Avalon project: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/blackstone.asp
Dis a course, covers English Law befo de American Revolution.
De 2nd one ta git is an American Version frum 1803. Its got a big title:
BLACKSTONE’S COMMENTARIES: WITH NOTES OF REFERENCE, TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS,
OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES; AND OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
IN FIVE VOLUMES.
WITH AN APPENDIX TO EACH VOLUME, CONTAINING SHORT TRACTS UPON SUCH SUBJECTS AS APPEARED NECESSARY TO FORM A CONNECTED VIEW OF THE LAWS OF VIRGINIA, AS A MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL UNION.
BY ST. GEORGE TUCKER, PROFESSOR OF LAW, IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WILLIAM AND MARY, AND
ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE GENERAL COURT IN VIRGINIA.
Dis one is published in 1803 real close to de adoption a de U.S. Constitution. Talks bout whut is applicable to US Law oughta Blackstone.
It’s available frum Liberty Library of Constitutional Classics Dats on de Internet at dis location:
http://www.constitution.org/tb/tb-0000.htm
Down load both a dem n save em. Ya gonna need em it looks like. Fun ta read if ya wants ta know bout law stuff.
Heahs mo bout Blackstone his self.
Sir William Blackstone (originally pronounced Blexstun) (10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780) was an English jurist and professor who produced the historical and analytic treatise “Commentaries on the Laws of England”, first published in four volumes over 1765–1769. It had an extraordinary success, reportedly bringing the author £14,000, and still remains an important source on classical views of the common law and its principles.
