Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the First

by Blackstone, William, Sir

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"Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the First" by Sir William Blackstone is a legal treatise published in 1765. This groundbreaking work made English common law accessible to ordinary readers for the first time since the Middle Ages.

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