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Perhaps the most important legal treatise ever written in the english language, sir william blackstones commentaries on the laws of england 176569 was the first effort to consolidate english common law into a unified and rational system. Commentaries on the laws of england, book the first by sir william blackstone. Commentaries on the laws of england by william blackstone. So much was this the case that the commentaries rank second only to the bible as. Sir william blackstone, commentaries on the laws of. Book 1, chapter 1 of the absolute rights of individuals.