Blackstone and  his contemporaries
By: by Anthony Taussig.
Contributors: Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780.; Willes, John, Sir, 1685-1761.; Secker, Thomas, 1693-1768.; University of Texas at Austin. School of Law.; William Blackstone Collection (Library of Congress)
Series: Tarlton Law Library legal history series -- no. 10.
Publisher: Jamail Center for Legal Research, University of Texas at Austin
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Austin, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
ISBN-13: 9780935630756
Subjects: Blackstone, William, -- Sir, -- 1723-1780; Blackstone, William, -- Sir, -- 1723-1780 -- Correspondence; All Souls College (University of Oxford) -- Trials, litigation, etc; Consanguinity; Law -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Genres: Correspondence
Notes: Expanded version of a lecture delivered on Feb. 21, 2008 at the University of Texas School of Law. Appendices include Blackstone correspondence and other unpublished manuscript materials relating to the Founder's kin litigation at All Souls College. Cf. Author's pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Blackstone's early studies; title: The Founder's kin litigation; title: Contemporary assessments of Blackstone's arguments; title: Blackstone's legal abilities; title: Blackstone leaves the London Bar; title: Blackstone's reasons for leaving the London Bar; title: Viner, Shelburne, and Blackstone's return to the London Bar 1753-62; title: Blackstone's law practice 1762-70; title: Conclusions; title: Appendix A. Documents drafted or submitted by Blackstone to the Visitor; title: Appendix B. Blackstone's cases to counsel and to Sir John Willes; title: Appendix C. Letters from archbishops or their advisers; title: Appendix D. Archbishop Secker's notes of 1762 hearing.