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Footnotes have been converted to chapter end notes. Notes selected from the editions of archibold, christian, coleridge, chitty, stewart, kerr, and others, barron fields analysis, and additional notes, and a life of the author by george sharswood. Mar 14, 2020 t he following s heets contain the s ub s tance of a cour s e of lectures on the laws of england, which were read by the author in the univer s ity of oxford. Based on the first edition, together with the most material corrections and additions in the second edition. T he following s heets contain the s ub s tance of a cour s e of lectures on the laws of england, which were read by the author in the univer s ity of oxford. Blackstone demonstrated that the english law as a system of justice was comparable to roman law and the civil law of the continent. Blackstone demonstrated that the english law as a system of justice was comparable to roman law and the civil law of. Commentaries on the laws of england by blackstone, william.
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