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Who was William Blackstone, and how was his work influential in the early United States?

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William blackstone was a influential treatise on the laws of England.

He was a English jurist, judge

He wrote the Commentaries on the Laws of England.

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William Blackstone (1723–1780) authored what is arguably the most influential treatise on the laws of England. Blackstone attended Oxford University and practiced law briefly before being elected as a fellow of All Souls College at Oxford.

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