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.
Book I: Of the Rights of People
Volume Editor: David Lemmings
Book II: Of the Rights of Things
Volume Editor: Simon Stern
Book
III: Of Private Wrongs
Volume Editor: Thomas P. Gallanis
Book IV: Of Public Wrongs
Volume Editor: Ruth Paley
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Sir William Blackstone (1723-1780) was a prominent public figure in the eighteenth century. Judge and jurist, barrister and politician, his work has had a profound influence on the Anglo-American legal tradition. The first Vinerian Professor of English Law, Blackstone was a Justice of the
Court of Common Pleas at the time of his death. The Commentaries published in eight editions in his lifetime, and a posthumous ninth edition in 1783.
Making Sense - Margot Northey and Joan McKibbin
William Blackstone - Wilfrid Prest
Comparative Constitutionalism - A.V. Dicey
Edited by J.W.F. Allison
The Law of the Constitution - A.V. Dicey
Edited by J.W.F. Allison
The Oxford Edition of Dicey - A.V. Dicey
Edited by J.W.F. Allison
The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham: Constitutional Code - Edited by F. Rosen and J. H. Burns
General Editor: F. Rosen
