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082 0 0 _a340.1 BOO
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100 1 _aBoorstin, Daniel J.
_q(Daniel Joseph),
_d1914-2004.
245 1 4 _aMysterious science of the law :
_ban essay on Blackstone's Commentaries showing how Blackstone, employing eighteenth century ideas of science, religion, history, aesthetics, and philosophy, made of the law at once a conservative and a mysterious science /
_cby Daniel J. Boorstin ; with a new foreword.
260 _aChicago :
_bUniversity of Chicago Press,
_c1996.
300 _axx, 253 p. :
_bill. ;
_c21 cm.; Pbk.
500 _aOriginally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1941.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aIntroduction I: The Law: Science and Mystery II: The Use of History III: The Tendency of History IV: The Use of Aesthetics V: The Limits of Reason VI: The Methods of Reason VII: Humanity VIII: Liberty IX: Property Conclusion: The Advantage of Being a Reasonable Creature Notes A Layman's Glossary Index
520 _aReferred to as the "bible of American lawyers," Blackstone's "Commentaries" on the Laws of England shaped the principles of law in both England and America when its first volume appeared in 1765. This work examines why "Commentaries" became the knowledge that any lawyer needed to acquire.
600 1 0 _aBlackstone, William,
_d1723-1780.
_tCommentaries on the laws of England.
650 0 _aJurisprudence
_zEngland.
650 0 _aLaw
_xPhilosophy.
710 2 _aDaniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress)
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856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi051/96002210.html
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/uchi051/96002210.html
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