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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798798903321

Autore

Blackstone William

Titolo

Commentaries on the laws of England . Book IV Of public wrongs / / William Blackstone ; with an introduction, notes, and textual apparatus by Ruth Paley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-187066-8

0-19-107764-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (446 p.)

Collana

Oxford Edition of Blackstone

Disciplina

345.42

Soggetti

Criminal law - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Commentaries on The Laws of England; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Introduction to Book IV; The Varia; Reception; The Afterlife of the Commentaries; Note to the Reader; Abbreviations; General Abbreviations; Bibliographical Abbreviations; Commentaries on the Laws of England.; Chapter the first: of the nature of crimes: and their punishment; Chapter the second: of the persons capable of committing crimes; Chapter the third: of principals and accessories; Chapter the fourth: of offences against god and religion; Chapter the fifth: of offences against the law of nations

Chapter the sixth: of high treasonChapter the seventh: of felonies, injurious to the king's prerogative; Chapter the eighth: of praemunire; Chapter the ninth: of misprisions and contempts, affecting the king and government; Chapter the tenth: of offences against public justice; Chapter the eleventh: of offences against the public peace; Chapter the twelfth:of offences against public trade; Chapter the thirteenth: of offences against the public health, and the public police or oeconomy; Chapter the fourteenth: of homicide; Chapter the fifteenth: of offences against the persons of individuals

Chapter the sixteenth: of offences against the habitations of individualsChapter the seventeenth: of offences against private property; Chapter the eighteenth: of the means of preventing offences;



Chapter the nineteenth: of courts of a criminal jurisdiction; Chapter the twentieth: of summary convictions; Chapter the twenty first: of arrests; Chapter the twenty second: of commitment and bail; Chapter the twenty third: of the several modes of prosecution; Chapter the twenty fourth: of process upon an indictment; Chapter the twenty fifth: of arraignment, and its incidents

Chapter the twenty sixth: of plea, and issueChapter the twenty seventh: of trial, and conviction; Chapter the twenty eighth: of the benefit of clergy; Chapter the twenty ninth: of judgment, and its consequences; Chapter the thirtieth: of reversal of judgment; Chapter the thirty first: of reprieve, and pardon; Chapter the thirty second: of execution; Chapter the thirty third: of the rise, progress, and gradual improvements, of the laws of england; Appendix; . 1. Record of an Indictment and Conviction of Murder, at the Assises; . 2. Conviction of Manslaughter

. 3. Entry of a Trial instanter in the Court of King's Bench, upon a collateral Issue and Rule of Court for Execution thereon; Michaelmas term, in the sixth year of the reign of king George the third; . 4. Warrant of Execution on Judgment of Death, at the general Gaol-delivery in London and Middlesex; . 5. Writ of Execution upon a judgment of Murder, before the King in Parliament; VARIA ; Chapter 1 ; Chapter 2 ; Chapter 3 ; Chapter 4 ; Chapter 5 ; Chapter 6 ; Chapter 7 ; Chapter 8 ; Chapter 9 ; Chapter 10 ; Chapter 11 ; Chapter 12 ; Chapter 13 ; Chapter 14 ; Chapter 15 ; Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Sommario/riassunto

The only variorum edition of Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law, tracing the evolution of Blackstone's thought from the first to the ninth edition. The fourth volume addresses central topics of criminal law, known as 'public wrongs'.