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Contributor
Barco Law Library
Creation Date
2024-07-02
Publication Date
January 1927
Work Type
Article
Description
Based on 1755 oil painting by Sir Joshua Renyolds, held by the National Portrait Gallery in London. Blackstone was a prominent English politician, lawyer, Justice of the Court of King's Bench and Justice of the Common Pleas. He is best known as the author of Commentaries on the Laws of England (commonly referred to as Blackstone’s Commentaries) an influential legal treatise on the English common law that is still used in legal education and discourse.
Publisher
J.F.E. Grundy
Physical Location
Barco Law Library
Rights
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Place
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Keywords
university of pittsburgh, school of law, pitt law, law school, art on display