WORKS OF THE HONOURABLE JAMES WILSON.

Wilson, James

Item #: 14718

Pages: 3v.
Published: Union; Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.; 2005.

Subjects: BIOGRAPHY/WRITINGS ON LEGAL MINDS, POLITICAL SCIENCE

Reprint of the rare first edition. The Works are comprised mostly of lectures delivered in 1790-1791 at the College of Philadelphia. They cover several aspects of public and private law, such as the common law, general principles of the law of nations and the law of nature, the U.S. Constitution, crime, obligations and property. The texts of several important speeches given at the Federal Convention and his rousing oration celebrating Pennsylvania's adoption of the Constitution on July 4, 1788 are also included. Many of these pieces are important early commentaries on the Constitution. Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc.

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