Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book IV: On Public WrongsJazzybee Verlag - 396 sivua 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 four out of four, including more than 1700 footnotes and annotations. |
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Of Public Wrongs | 1 |
OF THE PERSONS CAPABLE OF COMMITTING CRIMES | 9 |
OF PRINCIPALS AND ACCESSORIES | 15 |
OF OFFENCES AGAINST GOD AND RELIGION | 18 |
OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE LAW OF NATIONS | 29 |
OF HIGH TREASON | 33 |
OF FELONIES INJURIOUS TO THE KINGS PREROGATIVE | 42 |
OF PRÆMUNIRE | 46 |
OF COURTS OF A CRIMINAL JURISDICTION | 114 |
OF SUMMARY CONVICTIONS | 123 |
OF ARRESTS | 127 |
OF COMMITMENT AND BAIL | 130 |
OF THE SEVERAL MODES OF PROSECUTION | 132 |
OF PROCESS UPON AN INDICTMENT | 139 |
OF ARRAIGNMENT AND ITS INCIDENTS | 141 |
OF PLEA AND ISSUE | 145 |
OF MISPRISIONS AND CONTEMPTS AFFECTING THE KING AND GOVERNMENT | 53 |
OF OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLICJUSTICE | 57 |
OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE | 64 |
OF OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC TRADE | 69 |
OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE PUBLIC POLICE OR ECONOMY | 72 |
OF HOMICIDE | 79 |
OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSONS OF INDIVIDUALS | 91 |
OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE HABITATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS | 97 |
OF OFFENCES AGAINST PRIVATE PROPERTY | 101 |
OF THE MEANS OF PREVENTING OFFENCES | 111 |
OF TRIAL AND CONVICTION | 149 |
OF THE BENEFIT OF CLERGY | 159 |
OF JUDGMENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES | 164 |
OF REVERSAL OF JUDGMENT | 171 |
OF REPRIEVE AND PARDON | 173 |
OF EXECUTION | 177 |
OF THE RISE PROGRESS AND GRADUAL IMPROVEMENTS OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND | 179 |
APPENDIX | 196 |
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book IV: On Public Wrongs Sir William Blackstone Rajoitettu esikatselu - 2017 |
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