Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the Third (in Four Books)

"The right of personal security consists in a person's legal and uninterrupted enjoyment of his life, his limbs, his body, his health, and his reputation."

-Sir William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book Three(1768)



Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book Three by Sir William Blackstone (1825) is the third in a four-volume set originally published between 1765 and 1770. This edition is the 16th, released in 1825, and includes notes by J. T. Coleridge. Considered a foundational text for many legal systems, it continues to be relevant to any time period. Focusing on the civil side of the law, private wrongs, this volume and the others in the series present law in a readable format for the non-lawyer. A more condensed, abridged version combining all four volumes is also available from Cosimo Classics.