Talk:Commentaries on the Laws of England

Analogy

Master: servant as employer:employee:) funny analogy. Me like.

Um it's the law, not a joke.

It should be noted, when he discusses the Rights of Husbands and Wives, it's really the Rights of Husbands until they're passing... Then it's the Rights of the King. (Pg. 139) Pseymour24 (talk) 16:50, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Quotations

Suggest that these should be placed in wikiqoute. James500 (talk) 10:28, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Treatment of Catholics

It would be interesting if the article could provide more context on Blackstone's explanation of British laws on recusant Catholics. ADM (talk) 11:03, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

As to papists, what has been said of the Protestant dissenters would hold equally strong for a general toleration of them; provided their separation was founded only upon difference of opinion in religion, and their principles did not also extend to a subversion of the civil government. If once they could be brought to renounce the supremacy of the pope, they might quietly enjoy their seven sacraments, their purgatory, and auricular confession; their worship of relics and images; nay even their transubstantiation. But while they acknowledge a foreign power, superior to the sovereignty of the kingdom, they cannot complain if the laws of that kingdom will not treat them upon the footing of good subjects..

— Bl. Comm. IV, c.4 ss. iii.2, p. *54

Comment on Blackstone

Interesting comment on Blackstone himself, seen in changes to his famous work, as worked upon by his contemporaries. Not complimentary, that. Shenme (talk) 02:05, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Size of books

Since much is made of how convenient the four books were, it would be good to give their six. How big were they? Wis2fan (talk) 04:18, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

I found the books on Amazon, summed the page count, and added it to the Legacy section, citing the Amazon page. JamesCurran (talk) 22:06, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Add A Fact: "Evolution of English common law"

I found a fact that might belong in this article. See the quote below

At the same time, however, Blackstone acknowledged the fact that the English common law had developed over time and had changed as an “intermixture of adventitious nations, the Romans, the Picts, the Saxons, the Danes, and the Normans … must have insensibly introduced and incorporated many of their own customs with those that were before established.”

The fact comes from the following source:

https://humanperson.law.edu/time-immemorial-stinneford-on-the-age-of-legal-practices/

Here is a wikitext snippet to use as a reference:

 {{Cite web |title="Time Immemorial": Stinneford on the Age of Legal Practices |url=https://humanperson.law.edu/time-immemorial-stinneford-on-the-age-of-legal-practices/ |website=Center for Law and the Human Person |date=2024-07-01 |access-date=2024-09-28 |language=en-US |first=Marc |last=DeGirolami |quote=At the same time, however, Blackstone acknowledged the fact that the English common law had developed over time and had changed as an “intermixture of adventitious nations, the Romans, the Picts, the Saxons, the Danes, and the Normans … must have insensibly introduced and incorporated many of their own customs with those that were before established.”}} 

Additional comments from user: (First time using Add-A-Fact extension sorry, I was gonna put this first on time immemorial then tried this

This post was generated using the Add A Fact browser extension.

~Sıgehelmus♗_(Tøk) 22:36, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Here is a more direct source, and wonderful site: NLNRAC --~Sıgehelmus♗_(Tøk) 22:44, 28 September 2024 (UTC)