The mysterious science of the law; an essay on Blackstone's Commentaries, showing how Blackstone, employing eighteenth-century […]

The mysterious science of the law; an 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

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• Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Daniel Joseph Boorstin
• Language: English
• Jurisdiction(s): Massachusetts
• Publication Information: Boston, Beacon Press, 1958
• Type: Book
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Online version: Boorstin, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph), 1914-2004. Mysterious science of the law. Boston, Beacon Press, 1958 (OCoLC)644060517

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XVIII, 257 pages including tables, frontispiece, plates 22 cm

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Bibliographic information

• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Responsable Person: by Daniel J. Boorstin.
• Publication Date: 1958
• Country/State: Massachusetts
• Number of Editions: 27 editions
• First edition Date: 1911
• Last edition Date: 1996
• Languages: English
• Library of Congress Code: KD640
• Dewey Code: 340.1
• OCLC: 1838113

Structured Subjects (Headings):

• Commentaries on the laws of England (Blackstone, William)
• England
• Great Britain
• Jurisprudence
• Law (Philosophical concept)

Unstructured Subjects (Headings):

• Great Britain
• Philosophy

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