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Which legal subject did Of the Rights of Things explain?
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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, Commentaries on the Laws of England, Sir William Blackstone organized his description of English law into four volumes. The second volume, titled Of the Rights of Things, provided an outline of the law concerning real property.12