William Blackstone
Sir William Blackstone , (July 10th 1723, London - February 14th 1780, Wallingford) is a British jurisconsult .
He initially followed with little success the lawyer occupation in London; then opened with Oxford, in 1753 a course of civil law and policy which was very followed. Blackstone was a few years after named judge with the court of the plaid-common and elected appointed with the House of Commons (1761).
It published, under the title of Commentaires on the laws of England (4 volumes, 1765, and following years), the lessons which it had made in Oxford. This work was translated by Auguste-Pierre Damiens de Gomicourt, Brussels, 1774, and by Nicolas-Maurice Chompré, Paris, 1823.
Samuel Warrens gave in 1855 of it a new edition by indicating the changes occurred since 1765 in the constitution.
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- Biography of William Blackstone (1723 - 1780)
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