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• Lectures On Law,
• Part I.: Lectures On Law.
• Chapter XII.: Of the Common Law.
• Chapter XIII.: Of the Nature and Philosophy of Evidence.
• Part 2.: Lectures On Law.
• Chapter I.: Of the Constitutions of the United States and of Pennsylvania—of the Legislative Department.
• Chapter II.: Of the Executive Department.
• Chapter III.: Of the Judicial Department.
• Chapter IV.: Of the Nature of Courts.
• Chapter V.: Of the Constituent Parts of Courts.—of the Judges.
• Chapter VI.: The Subject Continued. of Juries.
• Chapter VII.: The Subject Continued. of Sheriffs and Coroners.
• Chapter VIII.: The Subject Continued. of Counsellors and Attornies.
• Chapter IX.: The Subject Continued. of Constables.
• Chapter X.: Of Corporations.
• Chapter XI.: Of Citizens and Aliens.
• Chapter XII.: Of the Natural Rights of Individuals.
• Part 3.: Lectures On Law.
• Chapter I.: Of the Nature of Crimes; and the Necessity and Proportion of Punishments.
• Chapter II.: Of Crimes Against the Right of Individuals to Their Property.
• Chapter III.: Of Crimes Against the Right of Individuals to Liberty, and to Reputation.
• Chapter IV.: Of Crimes Against the Right of Individuals to Personal Safety.
• Chapter V.: Of Crimes, Immediately Against the Community.
• Chapter VI.: Of Crimes, Affecting Several of the Natural Rights of Individuals.
• Chapter VII.: Of Crimes Against the Rights of Individuals Acquired Under Civil Government.
• Chapter VIII.: Of the Persons Capable of Committing Crimes; and of the Different Degrees of Guilt Incurred In the Commission of the Same Crime.
• Chapter IX.: Of the Direct Means Used By the Law to Prevent Offences.
• Chapter X.: Of the Different Steps Prescribed By the Law, For Apprehending, Detaining, Trying, and Punishing Offenders.
• Bibliographical Glossary *
• Afterword

The purpose of this glossary is to identify the works Wilson referred to. The editions listed are not necessarily the particular ones Wilson used. In general, where multiple editions existed, I have cited an early edition, usually the first. In a few cases this did not seem advisable (e.g. Hooker’s Ecclesiastical Polity, which was first published in embryonic form many years before the cited full-length edition which Wilson probably used), and I have then cited the earliest available full-length edition. Except for such completely self-explanatory references as those to the Bible, the United States Constitution, and national statutes, I have identified them all, even at some risk of explaining the obvious. A reader of these volumes is not likely to wonder what “Bl. Com.” refers to, but “Ld. Ray.” might slow him down a little, and the simplest course was to gloss everything. This has the additional advantage, as I said in the Introduction, of providing us with a compendious list of Wilson’s scholarly sources.

In his classical citations, Wilson consistently uses the abbreviations l. for liber (book) and c. for capitulum (chapter).

• (Addison) Tatler: Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison and others, The Tatler. London, 1709–1710.
• Anac.: Jean Jacques Barthélemy, Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece. . . First published in English in London, 1790–1791.
• Anal. Rev.: The Analytical Review. London, 1788–1799.
• Atk.: John Tracy Atkyns, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery in the Time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke. 3 vols. London, 1765–1768.
• Bac. on Gov.: See (Bacon) Discourses on Government.
• (Bacon) Discourses on Government: Nathaniel Bacon, An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England. .. London, 1682.
• Bar. on St.: Daines Barrington, Observations on the More Ancient Statutes. . . London, 1746.
• (Barbeyrac) Pref. to Puff.: See Puff.
• (Beccaria) C.: Cesare Beccaria, An Essay on Crimes and Punishments. With a Commentary Attributed to Voltaire. London, 1767.
• Bever: Thomas Bever, The History of the Legal Polity of the Roman State; and of the Rise, Progress, and Extent of the Roman Laws. London, 1781.
• Bl. Com.: Sir William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England. 4 vols. Oxford, 1765–1769.
• Boh. Ins. Leg.: William Bohun, Institutio Legalis; or, Introduction to the Study and Practice of the Laws of England. .. London, 1708–1709.
• Bol. Rem.: Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke, Remarks on the History ofEngland. London, 1743.
• (Bolingbroke) Diss. on Part.: Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke, A Dissertation upon Parties. .. London, 1735.
• (Bolingbroke) Patriot King: Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke, Letters on the Spirit of Patriotism, on the Idea of a Patriotic King. .. London, 1749.
• Bol. Tracts: Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke, A Collection of Political Tracts. London, 1748.
• Bouch. The. Com.: Mathieu Antoine Bouchaud, Théories des traites de commerce entre des nations. .. Paris, 1777.
• Bracton: Henry de Bracton, De Legibus. London, 1569.
• Burgh Pol. Dis.: James Burgh, Political Disquisitions; or, An Enquiry into Public Errors, Defects, and Abuses. 3 vols. London, 1774–1775.
• Burke, Reflections on French Rev.: Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France. London, 1790.
• Burl.: Jean Jacques Burlamaqui, The Principles of Natural and Political Law. .. 2 vols. London, 1763.
• Burn’s Ecc. Law: Richard Burn, Ecclesiastical Law. 2 vols. London, 1763.
• Burr.: Sir James Burrow, Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench. .. 5 vols. [London] 1766–1780.
• Caes.: Caesar, Commentarii Belli Gallici.
• (Caesar) de Bel. Gal.: Caesar, Commentarii Belli Gallici.
• Chal.: George Chalmers, Political Annals of the Present United Colonies. London, 1780.
• Cic. de Amic.: Cicero, Laelius de Amicitia.
• Cic. de clar. orat.: Cicero, Brutus.
• Cic. de fin.: Cicero, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum.
• Cic. de leg.: Cicero, De Legibus.
• Cic. de leg. agr.: Cicero, De Lege Agraria Oratio.
• Cic. de Nat. Deo.: Cicero, De Natura Deorum.
• Cic. de off.: Cicero, De Officiis.
• Cic. de orat.: Cicero, De Oratore.
• Cic. Ep. ad Brut.: Cicero, Epistulae ad Brutum.
• Cic. pro. Balb.: Cicero, Pro Balbo.
• Cic. pro. Caec.: Cicero, Pro A. Caecina.
• Cic. pro Cluent.: Cicero, Pro Cluentio.
• Cic. pro dom.: Cicero, De Domo Sua ad Pontifices Oratio.
• Cic. pro Mil.: Cicero, Pro Milone.
• Cic. pro P. Syl.: Cicero, Pro Publio Sulla.
• Cic. pro Rosc. Am.: Cicero, Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino.
• Cic. Somn. Scip.: Cicero, Somnium Scipionis (in De Re Publica 6, 13).
• Cic. Ver. V.: Cicero, Actionis Secundae in C. Verrem Liber V.
• (Cicero) De Rep.: Cicero, De Re Publica.
• (Cicero) Frag. de rep.: Cicero, De Re Publica. (Except for the Somnium Scipionis, this work was known in Wilson’s time only in fragments quoted by other authors.)
• (Coke) Ins.: Sir Edward Coke, The Institutes of the Laws of England. 4 parts. London, 1628–1644.
• (Coke) Rep.: Sir Edward Coke, The Reports of Sir Edward Coke... of Divers Resolutions and Judgements... of Cases in Law. . . First published in its entirety in English in London, 1658.
• Col. Jur.: Frances Hargrave, Collectanea Juridica. .. 2 vols. London, 1791–1792.
• Com. Per.: See Stu. V.
• Cou. Ang. Norm.: David Houard, Traités sur les coutumes anglo-normandes. 4 vols. Paris, 1776.
• Cro. Car.: Sir George Croke, Reports, King’s Bench and Common Bench (1582–1641). Written in French; revised and published in English by Sir Harbottle Grimston. London, 1661–1667.
• D.: See Dig.
• Dag.: Henry Dagge, Considerations on Criminal Law. .. 3 vols. London, 1774.
• Daws. Orig. Laws: George Dawson, Origo Legum. London, 1694.
• de Bel. Gal.: See (Caesar) de Bel. Gal.
• de leg.: See Cic. de leg.
• De orat.: See Cic. de orat.
• De Rep.: See (Cicero) De Rep.
• Dig.: Corpus Juris Civilis. Digesta.
• Domat: Jean Domat, The Civil Law in Its Natural Order. .. Translated by William Strahan. 2 vols. London, 1727.
• Eden: William Eden, Baron Auckland, Principles of Penal Law. London, 1771.
• Edin. Phil. Trans.: Royal Society of Edinburgh, Transactions. Vol. 1. Edinburgh, 1788.
• El. Jur.: Richard Wooddeson, Elements of Jurisprudence. .. London, 1783.
• Elem. Crit.: Henry Home, Lord Kames, Elements of Criticism. 3 vols. Edinburgh, 1762.
• Encyc. Tit. Jurisprudence: Encyclopédie méthodique: Jurisprudence. 8 vols. Paris and Liège, 1782–1789.
• F. N. B.: Sir Anthony Fitzherbert, The New Natural Brevium. .. (Translated into English) London, 1704.
• Finch: Sir Henry Finch, Laws, or a Discourse Thereof. London, 1627.
• Fleta: A treatise subtitled seu Commentarius juris Anglicani, written by an unknown author in about 1290. Wilson probably knew it only through Selden (q.v.).
• (Fortescue) De Laud.: Sir John Fortescue, De Laudibus ... London, 1616.
• Fost.: Sir Michael Foster, A Report of Some Proceedings ... and of Other Cases ... Oxford, 1762.
• Fr. Rev.: John Talbot Dillon, Historical and Critical Memoirs of the General Revolution in France. .. London, 1790.
• Frag. de rep.: See (Cicero) Frag. de rep.
• (Frederic of Prussia) K. Prus. works.: Posthumous Works of Frederic II. .. 13 vols. London, 1789.
• Gen. Dict.: Pierre Bayle, A General Dictionary. .. in which a New and Accurate Translation of that of Mr. Bayle is included. .. by John Peter Bernard. .. and Other Hands. .. 10 vols. London, 1734–1741.
• Gent. Laws: Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, tr., A Code of Gentoo Laws. .. Written in the Shanscrit Language. London, 1776.
• Gib.: See Gibbon.
• Gibbon: Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 12 vols. London, 1783–1790.
• Gil.: See Gill.
• Gil. Lys. and Isoc.: John Gillies, Orations of Lysias and lsocrates. London, 1778.
• Gilb. Ev.: Sir Geoffrey Gilbert, Law of Evidence. Dublin, 1754.
• Gill.: John Gillies, The History of Ancient Greece, Its Colonies and Conquests. 2 vols. London, 1786.
• Gog. Or. Laws: Antoine Yves Goguet, The Origin of Laws, Arts, and Sciences. .. 3 vols. Edinburgh, 1761.
• Grant’s Ess.: James Grant, Essays on the Origin of Society, Language, Property. .. London, 1785.
• Gro.: Hugo Grotius. Of the Law of Warre and Peace. London, 1654.
• Guth.: William Guthrie, A General History of England. .. 4 vols. London, 1744–1751.
• Hale P. C.: Sir Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronae. 2 vols. London, 1736.
• Hale’s Hist.: Sir Matthew Hale, History and Analysis of the Common Law of England. .. London, 1713.
• Hardw.: Thomas Lee, Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench. .. ; During Which Time the Late Lord Chief Justice Hardwicke Presided in That Court [1733–1738]. 2nd ed. London, 1815. (Wilson, of course, must have used the first edition, but the pagination seems to have been identical. The standard modern citation for this work is Cas. T. Hard.)
• Haw.: William Hawkins, A Treatise of Pleas of the Crown. 2 vols. in one. London, 1716–1721.
• Hein.: Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, System of Universal Law. 2 vols. London, 1741.
• Henry: Robert Henry, The History of Great Britain. .. 6 vols. London, 1771–1793.
• Hob.: Sir Henry Hobart, Reports (King’s Bench, 1603–1625). London, 1641.
• (Hobbes) De Cive: Thomas Hobbes, De Cive. [London] 1642. (It is probable that Wilson knew this work only through Pufendorf [q.v.].)
• (Hobbes) Lev.: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan. .. London, 1651.
• Hooker: Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity. First published in eight books with a life of the author by Isaak Walton. London, 1666.
• (Hume) Ess.: David Hume, Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. 2 vols. London, 1753.
• (Hume) Tr. on hum. nat.: David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature. London, 1739–1740.
• Hutch.: Francis Hutcheson, A System of Moral Philosophy. 2 vols. London, 1755.
• Ins.: See Just. Ins. or (Coke) Ins. depending on context.
• Jenk.: David Jenkins, Eight Centuries of Reports. .. London, 1734.
• Jour. Rep. (and) Jour. Sen.: Annals of Congress .
• Just. Ins.: Corpus Juris Civilis. Institutiones (Institutes of Justinian).
• Kaims, Hist. L. Tr.: Henry Home, Lord Kames, Historical Law Tracts. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1758.
• Kaims Pr. Eq.: Henry Home, Lord Kames, Principles of Equity. Edinburgh, 1760.
• Kel.: Sir John Kelyng, A Report of Divers Cases in Pleas of the Crown. .. London, 1708. (The standard modern citation for this work is Kel. J.)
• Ld. Bac.: Francis Bacon, Works. 4 vols. London, 1740. (Wilson may have used more than one edition of Bacon’s works, but this seems the likely source for most of his citations.)
• Ld. Ray.: Sir Robert Raymond, First Baron, Reports, King’s Bench and Common Pleas [1694–1732]. 2 vols. London, 1775.
• Leach: Thomas Leach, Cases in Crown Law. .. [1730–1789]. London, 1789.
• Lel. Dem. Int. to oration de corona: Thomas Leland, translator, The Orations of Aeschines and Demosthenes on the Crown. .. Volume the Th ird. .. London, 1777. (“Int.” refers to the translator’s introduction to this volume.)
• Lel. L. P. Prel.: See Lel. L. Phil. (The reference is to a “Preliminary Dissertation on the Council of Amphyctyons.”)
• Lel. L. Phil.: Thomas Leland, The History of the Life and Reign of Philip, King of Macedon. .. London, 1758.
• Litt.: Sir Thomas Littleton, Tenures in Englysshe. London, 1544.
• Liv.: Livy, Ab Urbe Condita.
• Lock. Gov.: John Locke, Two Treatises of Government. London, 1690.
• Locke on Hum. Und.: John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. London, 1689.
• M’D Ins.: Andrew MacDowell, Institute of the Laws of Scotland. .. 3 vols. Edinburgh, 1751–1753.
• Mil.: See Millar.
• Millar: John Millar, An Historical View of the English Government, from the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the Accession of the House of Stewart. London, 1787.
• Milt.: John Milton, The Works of Mr. John Milton. .. 1697. (Wilson’s reference is to this somewhat rare one-volume edition of Milton’s prose, publisher unknown. The quotation in Wilson’s footnote is a slight paraphrase of a sentence in The Readie and Easie Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth.)
• Mir.: Andrew Horne, The. .. Mirrour of Justices. .. translated. .. by W.H.. .. London, 1646.
• Mod.: Modern Reports: or Select Cases, King’s Bench. 12 vols. London, 1698–1769.
• Mod. Ent.: John Mallory, Modern Entries in English. .. 2 vols. London, 1734.
• Molloy: Charles Molloy, De Jure Maritimo et Navili; or, A Treatise of Affaires Maritime, and of Commerce. London, 1676.
• (Montesquieu) Sp. Laws: Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu, The Spirit of Laws. 2 vols. London, 1750.
• (Necker) Pref.: Jacques Necker, Of the Importance of Religious Opinions. London, 1788.
• P. Wms.: William Peere Williams, Reports of Cases, Court of Chancery. .. (1695–1735). .. by his son William Peere Williams. 3 vols. London, 1740–1749.
• Paley: William Paley, The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy. 2 vols. London, 1787.
• Parl. Hist.: The Parliamentary or Constitutional History of England. .. 24 vols. London, 1751–1761.
• Pett. (or Pet.) on Jur.: John Pettingal, An Inquiry into the Use and Practice of Juries. .. London, 1769.
• Plin. Ep.: Pliny the Younger, Epistulae.
• (Pope) Ess. on Man: Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man. London, 1733.
• Pot. Ant.: John Potter, Archaeologiae Graecae; or the Antiquities of Greece. 2 vols. Oxford, 1697–1699.
• Pri. Lect.: Joseph Priestley, Lectures on History and General Policy. .. London, 1788.
• Pub.: The Federalist. .. 2 vols. New York, 1788.
• Puff.: Samuel Pufendorf, Of the Law of Nature and Nations. .. carefully corrected, and compared with Mr. Barbeyrac’s French translation, with the addition of his notes. .. Oxford, 1710.
• R. O. Book. This refers to the Rolls Office books Wilson had himself compiled and which are referred to on p. 60 of the Preface.
• Rapin: Paul de Rapin-Thoyras,. .. An Historical Dissertation upon Whig and Tory. .. London, 1717.
• Reev.: John Reeves, History of the English Law. .. 4 vols. London, 1783–1784.
• Reid Ess. Act.: Thomas Reid, Essays on the Active Powers of Man. Edinburgh, 1788.
• Reid Ess. Int.: Thomas Reid, Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man. Edinburgh, 1785.
• (Reid) Inq.: Thomas Reid, An Inquiry into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense. Edinburgh, 1764.
• Rep.: See (Coke) Rep.
• Rob. Amer.: William Robertson, The History of America. 2 vols. London, 1777.
• Rol. An. Hist.: Charles Rollin, The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians [etc] ... 10 vols. London, 1734–1736.
• Rol. R. H.: Charles Rollin, The Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium. .. Translated from the French. 2 vols. London, 1739.
• Roll. Pref.: Perhaps Charles Rollin, The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres. .. 4 vols. London, 1734.
• (Rousseau) Or. Com. (and) Orig. Com.: Jean Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract. (Wilson’s references are to this work, probably to an English translation; but his abbreviations of the title fit no edition I have found.)
• Rus. Anc. Eur.: William Russell, The History of Ancient Europe. .. 2 vols. London, 1793. (Manifestly Wilson could not have used this edition in 1790–91, yet it seems to be the first. This suggests that he may have made revisions of the lectures between 1791 and his death.)
• Ruth.: Thomas Rutherforth, Institutes of Natural Law. 2 vols. Cambridge, 1754–1756.
• Salk.: William Salkeld, Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench. . . [1689–1712]. 2 vols. London, 1717.
• (Saunderson) Prael.: Robert Sanderson, [probably] De Obligatione Conscientiae. . . London, 1660.
• (Selden) Anal.: John Selden, Analecton Anglo-Britannicon. .. Francfurti, 1615.
• (Selden) dissertation on Fleta: John Selden, Fleta. London, 1685.
• (Selden) Table talk: John Selden, Table Talk. London, 1689.
• Shaft.: Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, and Times. 3 vols. London, 1711.
• Sid.: Thomas Siderfin, Les Reports des Divers Special Cases. .. (1647–1670) 2 vols. in one. London, 1683–1684.
• (Smith) Wealth of Nations: Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations. 2 vols. London and Edinburgh, 1776.
• Spel. Rel.: Sir Henry Spelman, Reliquiae Spelmannianae. London, 1698.
• St.: refers to British statutes, which were in Wilson’s time usually cited as chapters of the statutes of the session of a particular regnal year; e.g. St. 13 Edw. 1 c. 24.
• St. Tr.: A Complete Collection of State-Trials. .. 6 vols. London, 1730.
• (Stewart) Pol. Ec.: Sir James Steuart, An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Economy. 2 vols. London, 1767.
• Stith: William Stith, The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia. Williamsburg, 1747.
• Str.: Sir John Strange, Reports of Adjudged Cases. .. [1713–1748]. 2 vols. London, 1755.
• Stu. V.: Gilbert Stuart, A View of Society in Europe. .. Edinburgh, 1778. (The “Mr. Adair” referred to by Wilson was James Adair, author of History of the American Indians, London, 1775. “Com. Per.” cited by Stuart refers to Garsilaso de la Vega, the Inca, Los Comentarios Reales de los Incas, Madrid, 1723.)
• Sulliv.: Francis S. Sullivan, Historical Treatise on the Feudal Law and the Constitution and Laws of England. Dublin, 1772.
• Swin.: Henry Swinburne, Treatise of Testaments and Last Wills. .. London, 1590.
• Tac. Agric.: Tacitus, Agricola.
• Tac. Ann.: Tacitus, Annales.
• Tac. de mor. Germ.: Tacitus, Germania (the title De Moribus Germanorum appears in certain manuscripts).
• (Taylor) Rule of Conscience: [probably] Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. .. London, 1650.
• Thom. Works: James Thomson, The Works of Mr. Thomson. 3 vols. London, 1738–1748.
• Tibul. 1.1 Eleg.: Albius Tibullus, Elegies.
• Tr. per Pais: Giles Duncombe, Trials per Pais; or the Law Concerning Juries by Nisi Prius. .. London, 1665.
• Tr. on hum. nat.: David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature. London, 1739–1740.
• Ub. Em.: Emmius Ubbo, Graecorum Res Publicae. .. Lugduni Batavorum, Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1632.
• Vat.: Emmerich de Vattel, The Law of Nature. Translated from the French. 2 vols. in one. London, 1759.
• Vaugh.: Edward Vaughan, ed., Reports and Arguments of. .. Sir John Vaughan Kt. Late Chief Justice of His Majesties Court of Common Pleas. .. [1665–1674]. London, 1677.
• Vent.: Sir Peyton Ventris, Reports. .. London, 1696.
• War. Bib.: Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville, Bibliothèque philosophique du législateur, du politique, du jurisconsulte. .. 10 vols. Berlin and Paris, 1782–1785.
• War. The. L. Crim.: Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville, Théorie des laix criminelles. 2 vols. Berlin, 1781.
• Warv.: See War. The. L. Crim.
• Whitak.: John Whitaker, The History of Manchester. 2 vols. London, 1771–1775.
• Whitl.: Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke, Notes Upon the King’s Writ for Choosing Members of Parliament. .. 2 vols. London, 1766.
• Wils.: George Wilson, Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the King’s Courts at Westminster [1742–1774]. 2 vols. London, 1770–1775. (The standard modern citation for this work is Wils. K. B.)
• Wood Ins.: Thomas Wood, An Institute of the Laws of England. 2 vols. London, 1720.