Commentaries on the Laws of England of Public Wrongs by William Blackstone

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1961. Beacon.

Adapted by Robert Malcolm Kerr with preface by Charles M. Haar.

Originally published in the 18th century, 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.