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" Blackstone and his commentaries : "
edited by Wilfrid Prest.
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BL
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1016963
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b771333
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| Title & Author
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Blackstone and his commentaries : : biography, law, history /\ edited by Wilfrid Prest.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;Portland, Or. :: Hart Pub.,, 2009.
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viii, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations (chiefly color) ;; 24 cm
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1841137960
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: 9781841137964
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| Notes
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"This volume had its origins in a symposium on 'William Blackstone: Life, Thought, Influence' held ... [University of] Adelaide ... December 2007"--Preface.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Blackstone and biography / Wilfrid Prest -- A 'Model of the old house': architecture in Blackstone's life and Commentaries / Carol Matthews -- "A mighty consuption of ale': Blackstone, Buckler and All Souls College, Oxford / Norma Aubertin-Potter -- William Blackstone and William Prynne: an unlikely association? / Ian Doolittle -- Blackstone on judging / John H. Langbein -- Blackstone's rules for the construction of statutes / John V. Orth -- Blackstone and Bentham on the law of marriage / Mary Sokol -- Coverture and unity of person in Blackstone's Commentaries / Tim Stretton -- Blackstone's Comentaries on colonialism: Australian judicial interpretations / Thalia Anthony -- Restoring the 'real' to real property law: a return to Blackstone? / Nicole Graham -- American Blackstones / Michael Hoeflich -- Blackstone in Germany / Horst Dippel.
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Here, individual essays treat Blackstone's early architectural treatises and their relationship to his 'Commentaries', his idiosyncratic book collecting and his views of the role of judges, interpretation of statutes, the law of marriage, the status of wives, natural law, property law and the legalities of colonisation.
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Blackstone, William,1723-1780
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Blackstone, William,1723-1780., Commentaries on the laws of England
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Blackstone, William, 1723-1780, Commentaries on the laws of England
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Blackstone, William,1723-1780
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Blackstone, William,1723-1780.
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Blackstone, William,1723-1780., Commentaries on the laws of England
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Blackstone, William.
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Judges-- England, Biography, Congresses.
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Law-- Philosophy, Congresses.
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Judges-- Great Britain, Biography, Congresses.
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Judges.
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Law-- Philosophy, Congresses.
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Law-- Philosophy.
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Commentaries on the laws of England (Blackstone, William)
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Commentaries on the laws of England.
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England.
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| Dewey Classification
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349.42
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| LC Classification
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KD621.B58B57 2009
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KB15.B53.P74 2009moys
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| Added Entry
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Prest, Wilfrid R.
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