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Lectures on the Constitution and Laws of England: With a Commentary on Magna Charta, and Illustrations of Many of the English Statutes
Lectures on the Constitution and Laws of England With a Commentary on Magna Charta and Illustrations of Many of the English Statutes Author:Francis Stoughton Sullivan, Gilbert Stuart Sullivan, Francis Stoughton. Lectures on the Constitution and Laws of England: With a Commentary on Magna Charta, and Illustrations of Many of the English Statutes. The Second Edition. To Which Authorities are Added, and a Discourse is Prefixed, Concerning the Laws and Government of England. By Gilbert Stuart. London: Printed for Edward and... more » Charles Dilly, 1776. xvi, xxxii, 415 pp. With a new introduction by Sean Patrick Donlan. Reprint available January 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2003044248. * Lectures delivered in the University of Dublin where, in the author's opinion, circumstances required a more detailed and precise historical work than that of Blackstone. Sullivan employed "an historical method... more entertaining to Beginners, and better adapted to shew the Reasons for the original law, and its several subsequent alterations." (Preface). With the supporting authorities supplied by Gilbert Stuart, who also adds an introductory essay. Catalogue of the Library of the Law School of Harvard University (1909) II:687. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 368.« less