HIGHLY recommended reading.
SECTION II. Of the Nature of Laws in General <- This part First
I had a similar experience, except my interest in reading Blackstone was piqued by the name "Blackstone" coming up so many times in my coursework. Was it Torts? Contract? I honestly don't recall. But my carrel was in the stacks near a copy of Blackstone's Commentaries, and it was a short walk to many other works of philosophical and historical significance.
Today, law schools teach that law alone, with nothing else, can produce a sturdy and durable society. I am convinced that this thinking is fatally flawed.
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