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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

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Copyright is retained by the University of Pittsburgh. Content is intended for educational and research use and may be used for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution. Organizations and individuals seeking to use content for publication must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright.

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Keywords

university of pittsburgh, school of law, pitt law, law school, art on display

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