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Commentaries On The Laws Of England : In Four Books, William Blackstone, Thomas M. Cooley
Commentaries On The Laws Of England : In Four Books, William Blackstone, Thomas M. Cooley
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“The main purpose in giving to the public a new edition of the Commentaries of Blackstone, was to present the changes in the law which had taken place since the last preceding edition appeared, that the reader, while informing himself concerning the law of England of a century since, might not be misled in respect to its present condition. With this object before him, while avoiding the detail which might be useful to the English practitioner, but which would merely cumber the pages for American use, the editor has sought to indicate the statutory changes sufficiently to give a general …
Commentaries On The Laws Of England : In Four Books, William Blackstone, Thomas M. Cooley
Commentaries On The Laws Of England : In Four Books, William Blackstone, Thomas M. Cooley
Books
“The main purpose in giving to the public a new edition of the Commentaries of Blackstone, was to present the changes in the law which had taken place since the last preceding edition appeared, that the reader, while informing himself concerning the law of England of a century since, might not be misled in respect to its present condition. With this object before him, while avoiding the detail which might be useful to the English practitioner, but which would merely cumber the pages for American use, the editor has sought to indicate the statutory changes sufficiently to give a general …