Blackstone and his commentaries : biography, law, history /: biography, law, history. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Wilfrid Prest.
• Other Names: Prest, Wilfrid R
• Contents: Prelims; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Illustrations; I Life; 1 Blackstone and Biography; 2 A 'Model of the Old House'; 3 'A Mighty Consumption of Ale'; 4 William Blackstone and William Prynne; Part II Thought; 5 Blackstone on Judging; 6 Blackstone's Rules on the Construction of Statutes; 7 Blackstone and Bentham on the Law of Marriage; 8 Coverture and Unity of Person in Blackstone's Commentaries; 9 Blackstone on Colonialism; 10 Restoring the 'Real' to Real Property Law; III Influence; 11 American Blackstones; 12 Did Blackstone get the Gallic Shrug?; 13 Blackstone in Germany.
• Publisher Details: Oxford Portland, OR : Hart Pub
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 349.42; Judges -- England -- Biography -- Congresses; Law -- Philosophy -- Congresses; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General; LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Judges; Law (Philosophical concept); England; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings; Congresses; Congresses
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847315199; 1847315194
• Related ISBNs: 1841137960; 9781841137964
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.