Commentaries on the Laws of England
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The Commentaries were long regarded as the leading work on the development of English law and played a role in the development of the American legal system. They were in fact the first methodical treatise on the common law suitable for a lay readership since at least the Middle Ages.
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- Book I: Of the Rights of Persons
- Book II: Of the Rights of Things
- Book III: Of Private Wrongs
- Book IV: Of Public Wrongs
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This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. |
