Title: An analysis of the laws of England
First published: 1756
Description: Historical legal treatise analyzing and summarizing the common law of England as of the mid 1700s. Plays a somewhat similar role in North America as the basis of the common law of the United States at the time of its founding. The first systematic explication of English common law. Considered an appropriate secondary source today for certain common law questions such as the meaning of a term in a foundational U.S. document.
Subjects: Law, History of Law, Legal History, Legal Theory, Philosophy of Law, Common Law, English Common Law, American Common Law, Legal Treatise, Blackstone's Commentaries, Study and teaching, Early works to 1800
Places: Great Britain, England
People: Blackstone, William, Sir
Time periods: Mid 1700s