Of Forfeiture (of Goods and Chattels) on Conviction

403

Of Corruption of Blood

407

Of Attainder and of Conviction, and of their different operations

as regards Forfeiture

407

Of the Manner of carrying into Execution a Sentence of Death... 424

Of the Prerogative of the Crown as to Mode of Execution

425

CONCLUSION.

OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE

LAWS OF ENGLAND.*

[Revised by EDWARD JENKS, Esq.]

PAGE

Of the Progress from the earliest Times to the Norman Conquest 427

Of the Progress from the Norman Conquest to Edward I.

Of the Progress from Edward I. to the Reformation

Of the Progress from the Reformation to the Restoration

Of the Progress from the Restoration to the Revolution

Of the Progress from the Revolution to the Present Time

435

445

450

458

460

[* NOTE. The important contributions which have been made in
recent years to our knowledge of the history of English Law have
thrown a good deal of doubt on some of Blackstone's statements, con-
tained in this chapter. Inasmuch, however, as in the present state of
historical criticism, many important questions are still open to doubt,
it has been thought better to leave Blackstone's statements substan-
tially unaltered, calling attention in footnotes to some of the more
debateable points.-E. J.]