The Sovereignty of the Law: Selections from Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England

Front Matter....Pages i-1
Of the study, nature, and extent of the laws of England....Pages 2-26
Of the nature of laws in general....Pages 27-44
Of the laws of England....Pages 45-55
Of the rights of persons Of the absolute rights of individuals....Pages 56-64
Of the parliament....Pages 65-74
Of the king and his title....Pages 75-87
Of the king’s duties....Pages 88-89
Of the kings prerogative....Pages 90-103
On the national debt....Pages 104-110
On the powers of the crown....Pages 111-114
On Slavery....Pages 115-117
Of the rights of things....Pages 118-130
Of the feodal system....Pages 131-138
Of private wrongs....Pages 139-144
Of the public courts of common law and equity....Pages 145-166
On the ‘intricacy of our legal process’....Pages 167-170
Of the several species of trial....Pages 171-175
Of the trial by jury....Pages 176-183
On delays in the administration of justice....Pages 184-186
Of public wrongs....Pages 187-201
Of offences against the law of nations....Pages 202-203
On the liberty of the press....Pages 204-205
Of the rise, progress, and gradual improvements, of the laws of England....Pages 206-237
Back Matter....Pages 238-254