Commentaries on American Law explained

Commentaries on American Law is a four-volume book by James Kent.^[1] It was adapted from his lectures at Columbia Law School starting in 1794.^[2] It was first published in 1826 by O. Halsted and has been reprinted and revised many times since. A twelfth edition was edited by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.^[3] A fourteenth edition edited by John M. Gould was published in 1896, and a fifteenth edition edited by Jon Roland was published 1997-2002.^[4]

Reviews

In 1847, commenting on the fifth edition,^[5] J. G. Marvin said:

Notes and References

1. Marvin, J.G. Legal Bibliography, or a thesaurus of American, English, Irish and Scotch law books:together with some continental treatises. T & J W Johnson. 1847. Page 437 from Google Books.
2. Book: Kent, James . 1826 . Commentaries on American Law . I . 1. O. Halsted . 1826 . New York . 7 August 2015. via Google Books; Book: Kent, James . 1827 . Commentaries on American Law . II . 1. O. Halsted . 1827 . New York . 7 August 2015 . Google Books. ; Book: Kent, James . James Kent (jurist) . 1828 . Commentaries on American Law . III . 1. O. Halsted . 1828 . New York . 7 August 2015 . Google Books. ; Book: Kent, James . James Kent (jurist) . 1830 . Commentaries on American Law . IV . 1. O. Halsted . 1830 . New York . 7 August 2015 . Google Books.
3. Book: Kent, James . 1873 . Holmes . Oliver Wendell Jr. . Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.. Commentaries on American Law . I . 12. Little, Brown, and Company . 1873 . Boston . 7 August 2015. via Google Books
4. http://www.constitution.org/jk/jk_000.htm Constitution Society: Commentaries on American Law
5. Kent, J. Commentaries on American Law. 5th ed. 4 vols. 8vo. New York. 1844.