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Showing posts with label William Blackstone (other). Show all posts
Showing posts with label William Blackstone (other). Show all posts
Monday, January 15, 2024

Blackstone condemned the execution of Algernon Sidney for high treason

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“Treason, proditio , in its very name (which is borrowed from the French ) imports a betraying, treachery, or breach of faith. It therefore ...
Friday, August 23, 2019

How did Sir Edward Coke influence Sir William Blackstone?

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In 1481 or 1482,  Sir Thomas de Littleton  wrote a then-famous work called “A Treatise on Tenures.” More than a century later,  Sir Edward...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Blackstone quoted in Federalist Papers: The influence of Blackstone's “Commentaries”

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"The observations of the judicious Blackstone , 1 in reference to the latter; are well worthy of recital: 'To bereave a man of l...
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By training, I am a business major with a concentration in marketing, and a certificate in economics. I originally wanted to do market research for businesses because I enjoyed the social science aspects of marketing, and I have studied psychology a little on my own; but I now wonder if this will ever be my field. I have also taken a fair amount of communications classes, because I thought about grad school in advertising or public relations (or even business & economic journalism), but I'm not sure I will ever do these things. (I'm glad I studied them just the same, though.) By inclination, I learn about a lot of other things in my spare time. For example, I am a history buff, an aspiring polyglot, an amateur linguist, a political philosopher (after a fashion), and a student of the Bible. Most of the things I study on my own these days have something to do with one of these subjects (or sometimes even more than one), and I write about many of them on my blog. So my actual profession is … you guessed it … a math tutor! Not what you'd expect, right? (Not what I would have expected, either … )
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