Use the drop-down menus to complete the following sentences. Blackstone's Commentaries on the Law is most well know for explaining (blank). The use of (blank) is the use of previous rulings to develop and understanding of the law.

Common laws

Precedent

Blackstone was an English judge and politician of the eighteenth century, mostly known for writing the Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769) whose goal was to assure that members of the public who were regular citizens were able to read and understand the laws of England. This was in favor of those who weren't aware o their rights and, hence this, couldn't really fight on them whenever they were attacked. Blackstone's Commentaries on the Law is most well know for explaining the Common Law. Through it, previous rulings were used to develop a better understanding of the law.

The project was classified into four volumes: the rights of persons, the rights of things, "private wrongs" and "public wrongs". Each of them came to meet a need for rules at a time when laws were hard to understand. The author criticized the punishments imposed by the English, advocating for more humanized sentences and prison's refurbishment.

Blackstone's commentaries were a key to the development of the English law and yet had a big influence on the American legal system.