Download or read book Commentaries on the Laws of England written by Sir William Blackstone and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 1774 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Commentaries were long regarded as the leading work on the development of English law and played a role in the development of the American legal system. They were in fact the first methodical treatise on the common law suitable for a lay readership since at least the Middle Ages. This is book one out of four, including more than 1000 footnotes and annotations.