William Blackstone: Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769)

		Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769) Sir William Blackstone
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Title Page, Dedication and Preface - 15k

Introduction

Sect. 1: On the Study of the Law - 132k
Sect. 2: Of the Nature of Laws in General - 88k
Sect. 3: Of the Laws of England - 113k
Sect. 4: Of the Countries Subject to the Laws of England - 106k

Book 1: Rights of Persons

Chap. 1: Of the Absolute Rights of Individuals - 91k
Chap. 2: Of the Parliament - 160k
Chap. 3: Of the King, and His Title - 103k
Chap. 4: Of the King's Royal Family - 37k
Chap. 5: Of the Councils Belonging to the King - 28k
Chap. 6: Of the King's Duties - 22k
Chap. 7: Of the King's Prerogative - 167k
Chap. 8: Of the King's Revenue - 216k
Chap. 9: Of Subordinate Magistrates - 112k
Chap. 10: Of the People, whether Aliens, Denizens, or Natives - 44k
Chap. 11: Of the Clergy - 83k
Chap. 12: Of the Civil State - 48k
Chap. 13: Of the Military and Maritime States - 60k
Chap. 14: Of Master and Servant - 45k
Chap. 15: Of Husband and Wife - 58k
Chap. 16: Of Parent and Child - 62k
Chap. 17: Of Guardian and Ward - 33k
Chap. 18: Of Corporations - 78k

Book 2: Rights of Things

Chap. 1: Of Property in General - 53k
Chap. 2: Of Real Propety and, First, of Corporeal Hereditaments - 17k
Chap. 3: Incorporeal Hereditaments - 99k
Chap. 4: Of the Feudal System - 63k
Chap. 5: Of the Ancient English Tenures - 81k
Chap. 6: Of the Modern English Tenures - 103k
Chap. 7: Of Freehold Estates, of Inheritance - 72k
Chap. 8: Of Freeholds, Not of Inheritance - 88k
Chap. 9: Of Estates Less than Freehold - 50k
Chap. 10: Of Estates Upon Condition - 46k
Chap. 11: Of Estates in Possession, Remainder, and Reversion - 64k
Chap. 12: Of Estates in Severalty, Joint-Tenancy, Coparcenary, and Common - 71k
Chap. 13: Of the Title to Things Real, in General - 23k
Chap. 14: Of Title by Descent - 154k
Chap. 15: Of Title by Purchase, and First by Escheat - 73k
Chap. 16: Of Title by Occupancy - 25k
Chap. 17: Of Title by Prescription - 21k
Chap. 18: Of Title by Forfeiture - 87k
Chap. 19: Of Title by Alienation - 39k
Chap. 20: Of Alienation by Deed - 199k
Chap. 21: Of Alienation by Matter of Record - 83k
Chap. 22: Of Alienation by Special Custom - 32k
Chap. 23: Of Alienation by Devise - 47k
Chap. 24: Of Things Personal - 21k
Chap. 25: Of Property in Things Personal - 48k
Chap. 26: Of Title to Things Personal by Occupancy - 39k
Chap. 27: Of Title by Prerogative, and Forfeiture - 57k
Chap. 28: Of Title by Custom - 39k
Chap. 29: Of Title by Succession, Marriage, and Judgment - 40k
Chap. 30: Of Title by Gift, Grant, and Contract - 118k
Chap. 31: Of Title by Bankruptcy - 71k
Chap. 32: Of Title by Testament, and Administration - 142k
Appendix - 82k

Book 3: Private Wrongs

Chap. 1: Of the Redress of Private Wrongs by the Mere Act of Parties - 66k
Chap. 2: Of Redress by the Mere Operation of Law - 19k
Chap. 3: Of Courts in General - 36k
Chap. 4: Of the Public Courts of Common Law and Equity - 126k
Chap. 5: Of Courts Ecclesiastical, Military and Maritime - 41k
Chap. 6: Of Courts of a Special Jurisdiction - 65k
Chap. 7: Of the Cognizance of Private Wrongs - 116k
Chap. 8: Of Wrongs and Their Remedies, Respecting the Rights of Persons - 119k
Chap. 9: Of Injuries to Personal Property - 91k
Chap. 10: Of Injuries to Real Property, and First of Dispossession, or Ouster - 123k
Chap. 11: Of Dispossession, or Ouster, of Chattels Real - 42k
Chap. 12: Of Trespass - 33k
Chap. 13: Of Nuisance - 33k
Chap. 14: Of Waste - 32k
Chap. 15: Of Subtraction - 30k
Chap. 16: Of Disturbance - 72k
Chap. 17: Of Injuries Preeceding From, or Affecting, The Crown - 63k
Chap. 18: Of the Pursuit of Remedies by Action; and, First, of the Original Writ - 40k
Chap. 19: Of Process - 58k
Chap. 20: Of Pleading - 85k
Chap. 21: Of Issue and Demurrer - 44k
Chap. 22: Of the Several Species of Trial - 96k
Chap. 23: Of the Trial by Jury - 138k
Chap. 24: Of Judgments, and Its Incidents - 62k
Chap. 25: Of Proceedings, In the Nature of Appeals - 43k
Chap. 26: Of Execution - 58k
Chap. 27: Of Proceedings in the Courts of Equity - 113k
Appendix I - 32k
Appendix II - 31k
Appendix III - 69k

Book 4: Public Wrongs

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NOTES
Acknowledgements:
COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND (1765-69), By Sir William Blackstone.
Based on the first edition printed at the Clarendon Press (Oxford, England), together with the most material corrections and additions in the second edition.
Footnotes have been converted to chapter end notes, and spelling has been modernized.

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