Jurisprudence / Law and Philosophy / William Blackstone
by · Published November 20, 2019 · Last modified September 24, 2020
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...
Jurisprudence / Law and Philosophy / William Blackstone
by · Published November 20, 2019 · Last modified September 24, 2020
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...
Jurisprudence / Law and Philosophy / William Blackstone
by · Published November 18, 2019 · Last modified September 24, 2020
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Book the first. Of the RIGHTS of PERSONS. Chapter the first. Of the absolute RIGHTS of INDIVIDUALS. Black Stone Weekly is taking this week off to...
Jurisprudence / Law and Philosophy / William Blackstone
by · Published November 16, 2019 · Last modified September 23, 2020
Jessie Allen, School of Law, University of Pittsburgh Introduction. Section the Second. Of the NATURE of LAWS in General. In this section, Blackstone gives his famous definition of law: “a rule of civil conduct prescribed...
Law and Emotions / Law and History / Legal History / William Blackstone
by · Published June 7, 2019 · Last modified September 23, 2020
Here from the publisher’s website is a description of the book’s contents. William Blackstone’s masterpiece, Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–1769), famously took the “ungodly jumble” of English law and transformed it into...
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