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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Edition Details

• Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Daniel Joseph Boorstin
• Language: English
• Jurisdiction(s): Massachusetts
• Publication Information: Boston, Beacon Press, 1958
• Type: Book
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Additional Format

Online version: Boorstin, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph), 1914-2004. Mysterious science of the law. Boston, Beacon Press, 1958 (OCoLC)644060517

Short Description

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

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, The mysterious science of the law; an essay on Blackstone’s Commentaries, showing how Blackstone, employing eighteenth-century […] is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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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