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Sir William Blackstone
William Blackstone, oil painting attributed to Sir Joshua Reynolds; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
In his influential work, the Commentaries on the Laws of England, Sir William Blackstone divided the law into four books. The volume titled Of Public Wrongs was a study of criminal law.1