Oxford's variorum edition of William Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law of England and Wales offers the definitive account of the Commentaries' development in a modern format. For the first time it is possible to trace the evolution of English law and Blackstone's thought through the eight editions of Blackstone's lifetime, and the authorial corrections of the posthumous ninth edition. Introductions by the general editor and the volume editors set the Commentaries in their historical context, examining Blackstone's distinctive view of the common law, and editorial notes throughout the four volumes assist the modern reader in understanding this key text in the Anglo-American common law tradition. Entitled Of Private Wrongs, Book III can be divided into three principal parts. The first describes the multiple courts in England and their jurisdictions, including the wrongs cognizable in each of them. The second describes some aspects of the substantive common law: wrongs to persons and to personal and real property. The third describes the processes of litigation in the courts of common law and equity.
By:
William Blackstone
Edited by:
Thomas P. Gallanis (University of Iowa)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 245mm,
Width: 175mm,
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 740g
ISBN: 9780199601011
ISBN 10: 0199601011
Series: The Oxford Edition of Blackstone's
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 14 July 2016
Audience:
College/higher education
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A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Thomas P. Gallanis: Introduction to Book III Wilfrid Prest: Editorial Conventions Book the Third: Of Private Wrongs I: Of the Redress of Private Wrongs by the Mere Act of the Parties II: Of Redress by the Mere Operation of the Law III: Of Courts in General IV: Of the Public Courts of Common Law and Equity V: Of Courts Ecclesiastical, Military, and Maritime VI: Of Courts of Special Jurisdiction VII: Of the Cognizance of Private Wrongs VIII: Of Wrongs, and their Remedies, Respecting the Rights of Persons IX: Of Injuries to Personal Property X: Of Injuries to Real Property, and first of Dispossession, or Ouster, of the Freehold XI: Of Dispossession, or Ouster, of Chattels Real XII: Of Trespass XIII: Of Nusance XIV: Of Waste XV: Of Subtraction XVI: Of Disturbance XVII: Of Injuries Preceeding From, or Affecting, the Crown XVIII: Of the Pursuit of Remedies by Action; and first, of the Original Writ XIX: Of Process XX: Of Pleading XXI: Of Issue and Demurrer XXII: Of the Several Species of Trial XXIII: Of the Trial by Jury XXIV: Of Judgment, and its Incidents XV: Of Proceedings, in the Nature of Appeals XVI: Of Execution XVIII: Of Proceedings in the Courts of Equity
Professor Thomas P. Gallanis is a prize-winning legal historian and comparative lawyer and an expert on trust, succession, property, and fiduciary law and the history of the common law. He was awarded the Selden Society's David Yale Prize for his scholarly article on the history of evidence law, which was judged 'a distinguished contribution to the history of the laws and legal institutions of England and Wales'. He has been a visiting fellow of All Souls College (Oxford) and Magdalene College (Cambridge), the Herbert Smith Visitor in the law faculty of Cambridge University, and a Mellon fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton).
Reviews for The Oxford Edition of Blackstone: Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book 3 of Private Wrongs
Blackstone's Commentaries remain a central source for understanding both historical and modern Anglo-American law - as well as many debates in Anglo-American legal philosophy - and Oxford University Press's new edition of the Commentaries offers a valuable new resource for studying them. * Brian Bix, Frederick W. Thomas Professor of Law and Philosophy, Jotwell * a unique and valuable contribution to scholarship ... future scholars will benefit immensely from this exceptionally valuable contribution to legal history. * Ian Williams, The Journal of Legal History *
