Law and Philosophy

Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book 1. Chapter the ninth. Of subordinate MAGISTRATES. This chapter is about the keepers of the king’s peace – sheriffs, under-sheriffs, constables, coroners, bailiffs, and justices of...

Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book 1. Chapter the Eighth. Of the KING’S REVENUE. Well, I promise I will never again complain about short chapters.  This one, enumerating the various sources of...

Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh BOOK THE FIRST.  Chapter the seventh.  Of the KING’S PREROGATIVE. Blackstone Weekly is sorry for the long hiatus between entries.  Given that this section of the Commentaries is...

Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the First.  Chapter the sixth.  Of the KING’s DUTIES.   Blackstone Weekly is growing weary of these little bitty chapters.  This one is only about three...

Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh BOOK THE FIRST.  Chapter the fifth.  Of the COUNCILS belonging to the KING. This chapter describes the four different consular bodies that advise the King of...

Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh BOOK  the First.  Chapter the Fourth.  Of the KING’s Royal FAMILY. This short chapter is mostly about queens.  Blackstone explains that there are three kinds.  Most of...

Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the First.  Of the RIGHTS of PERSONS.  Chapter the Third.  Of the King, and his Title. In this chapter you really see how Blackstone both inspired and...

Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the First. The RIGHTS of PERSONS.  Chapter the Second.  Of the Parliament In this chapter, Blackstone explains (p. 142) that for the rest of Book I...

Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the First.  Chapter the First.  Of the Absolute Rights of Individuals.    As I noted in my  Christmas post last week, this chapter is where Blackstone identifies “private...

Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the First. Chapter the Second.  Of the Parliament BlackStoneWeekly was in the midst of analyzing this chapter when, watching Barack Obama’s inauguration, my attention was drawn to...