The Common Law is Oliver Wendell Holmes' most sustained work of jurisprudence. In it the careful reader will discern traces of his later thought as found in both his legal opinions and other writings. At the outset of The Common Law Holmes posits that he is concerned with establishing that the common law can meet the changing needs of society ...
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., has been called the greatest jurist and legal scholar in the history of the English-speaking world. In this collection of his speeches, opinions, and letters, Richard Posner reveals the fullness of Holmes' achievements as judge, historian, philosopher, and master of English style. Thematically arranged, the volume ...
You may set it down as a truth which admits of few exceptions, that those who ask your opinion really want your praise, and will be contented with nothing else. -from The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table A superb example of a literary form that has long since fallen into disuse, this seriocomic one-sided conversation with the dictatorial "autocrat" ...
The single most important essay about law ever written. The perfect gift for anyone who eve entered law school, this essay defines the responsibilities of the legal profession from one of law's greatest practitioners.
1859. American author, physician and father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. He turned from a career as a general practitioner to the academic. He was also a contributor to the Atlantic Monthly (which he named), penning the famous series of Breakfast-table sketches, which are imaginary conversations at a Boston boardinghouse and reflective of Holmes ...
1887. Part Ten of Thirteen. Illustrated with steel portraits and photographs. The American author, physician and father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. He turned from a career as a general practitioner to the academic. He was also a contributor to the Atlantic Monthly (which he named), penning the famous series of Breakfast-table sketches, which are ...
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Text extracted from opening pages of book: OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON (/? / . / &/., . ( Oawitiwiaae ( Dtuucw, J& iber itie Iire0s Cambribge COPYRIGHT, 1872, 1877, 1878, ISSO, 1SS8, 1890, 1891, BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES COPYRIGHT, 1874 AND 1875, I3 Y JAMES R. OSGOOO & CO. COPYRIGHT. iSo introduction. The policy has been ...
This volume is made up of all the Civil War letters to his parents that Justice Holmes possessed and the complete text of the only Civil War diary that was found among his personal papers. The letters cover the period from May 1861 to July 1864 and there are sketches and maps by Holmes himself.
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""The law is the witness and external deposit of our moral life. Its history is the history of the moral development of the race."" No jurist has left his mark on American law like Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. A steadfast defender of free speech, Supreme Court Justice Holmes also championed judicial restraint, advocating that a judge's opinions ...
The present volume contains an address delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University, June 29, 1870, with notes and afterthoughts. Mr. Holmes delivered this lecture meaning to stimulate rather than satiate the interest of the listeners and it was not meant to be a complete treatment of a narrowly limited subject.
Oliver Wendell Holmes served on the U S Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932. He is considered to be one of the most influential judges ever to serve on the court. His wit and concise writing style make his opinions some of the best-written documents to come out of the Supreme Court. Holmes considered law to be the barometer of our moral life. The ...
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