{"product_id":"9781509940295","title":"Blackstone and His Critics","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePage, Anthony; Prest, Wilfrid\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHart Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Blackstone's\u003ci\u003e Commentaries on the Laws of England \u003c\/i\u003e(1765-69) is perhaps the most elegant and influential legal text in the history of the common law. By one estimate, Blackstone has been cited well over 10,000 times in American judicial opinions alone. Prominent in recent reassessment of Blackstone and his works, Wilfrid Prest also convened the Adelaide symposia which have now generated two collections of essays: \u003ci\u003eBlackstone and his \u003c\/i\u003eCommentaries\u003ci\u003e: Biography, Law, History\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and \u003ci\u003eRe-Interpreting Blackstone's \u003c\/i\u003eCommentaries\u003ci\u003e: A Seminal Text in National and International Contexts\u003c\/i\u003e (2014).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis third collection focuses on Blackstone's critics and detractors. Leading scholars examine the initial reception of the \u003ci\u003eCommentaries\u003c\/i\u003e in the context of debates over law, religion and politics in eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland. Having shown Blackstone's volumes to be a contested work of the Enlightenment, the remaining chapters assess critical responses to Blackstone on family law, the status of women and legal education in Britain and America. While Blackstone and his\u003ci\u003e Commentaries\u003c\/i\u003e have been widely lauded and memorialised in marble, this volume highlights the extent to which they have also attracted censure, controversy and disparagement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hart Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44226482962687,"sku":"9781509940295","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/getimage_d64c6db0-1322-4d2a-8640-91aaffa1668d.jpg?v=1706165437","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781509940295","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}