Blackstone and his Commentaries

Biography, Law, History
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-84946-642-4
Verlag: Hart Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 439 g

Among the most celebrated works in the Anglo-American legal tradition, William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-9) is currently attracting renewed scholarly interest. Whilst the Commentaries no longer dominate legal education, they continue to be regularly cited in superior courts throughout the common law world, besides providing a remarkably comprehensive account of public and private law in England on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution.

The life and character of Blackstone himself, the nature and sources of his jurisprudence and the impact of his great book are the main themes of the collection. Individual essays treat Blackstone's early architectural treatises and their relationship to the Commentaries; his idiosyncratic bibliophilia; his views of the role of judges, interpretation of statutes, the law of marriage, natural law, property law and the legalities of colonisation. Together with the dissemination and the reception of the Commentaries, Blackstone's bibliography and iconography also receive attention. Combining the work of both eminent and emerging scholars, this interdisciplinary venture sheds welcome new light on a legal classic and its continued influence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Prest, Wilfrid

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I LIFE

1 Blackstone and Biography

Wilfrid Prest
2 A'Model of the Old House': Architecture in Blackstone's Life and Commentaries

Carol Matthews
3 'A Mighty Consumption of Ale': Blackstone, Buckler and All Souls College, Oxford

Norma Aubertin-Potter
4 William Blackstone and William Prynne: An Unlikely Association?

Ian Doolittle
II THOUGHT

5 Blackstone on Judging

John H Langbein
6 Blackstone's Rules for the Construction of Statutes

John V Orth
7 Blackstone and Bentham on the Law of Marriage

Mary Sokol
8 Coverture and Unity of Person in Blackstone's Commentaries

Tim Stretton
9 Blackstone's Commentaries on Colonialism: Australian Judicial Interpretations

Thalia Anthony
10 Restoring the 'Real' to Real Property Law: A Return to Blackstone?

Nicole Graham
III INFLUENCE

11 American Blackstones

Michael Hoeflich
12 Did Blackstone get the Gallic Shrug?

John Emerson
13 Blackstone in Germany

Horst Dippel
IV SOURCES

14 Bibliography

Morris Cohen
15 Iconography

JH Baker and Wilfrid Prest

Über Autor(innen)

Prest, Wilfrid
Wilfrid Prest is Professor Emeritus in Law and History at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

Wilfrid Prest, Professor Emeritus in History and Law at the University of Adelaide, is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.