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The Top 5 Conservative Books About The Courts

#2: Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England

The Commentaries on the Laws of England was one of the first works to make English common law accessible to the common people. William Blackstone analyzed the English legal system with Enlightment principles, examining the rights of individuals, property laws, civil law and criminal law. His Commentaries would have a deep impact on the development of the American legal system, which was built on English common law and Enlightenment ideas of property rights.

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