Question

What was the purpose of Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England?

to support the idea of a social contract


to advocate for common law


to define the individual rights of Englishmen


to argue for a strong central government


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Answer 1

To Advocate For Common Law

Answer 2

Answer:

To advocate for common law

Explanation:

The Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769) is a treatise in which Sir William Blackstone fully described and summarized English common law in an understandable and systematic way with the purpose to advocate for common law. In the treatise, Blackstone argues that common law (the body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals) should be a uniform system of logic: complete and independent and also showed its effectiveness in the past.