The common law
(Book)
Published:
New York : Dover Publications, 1991.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
xxxvi, 422 pages ; 22 cm
Status:
Longmont Adult Nonfiction
340.57 HOL
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) is generally considered one of the two greatest justices of the United States Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Marshall being the other. In more than 2000 opinions, he delineated an impressive legal philosophy that profoundly influenced American jurisprudence, particularly in the area of civil liberties and judicial restraint. At the same time, his abilities as a prose stylist earned him a position among the literary elite. In The Common Law, derived from a series of lectures delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston, Holmes systematized his early legal doctrines. The result was an enduring classic of legal philosophy that continues to be read and consulted over a century later. Beginning with historical forms of liability (thought to have originated in the desire for vengeance in ancient Roman and Germanic blood feuds), the book goes on to discuss criminal law, torts, bails, possession and ownership, contracts, successions, and many other aspects of civil and criminal law.
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English
ISBN:
9780486267463 (pbk.), 0486267466 (pbk.)
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Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1881.
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Includes index.
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Holmes, O. W. (1991). The common law. New York, Dover Publications.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935. 1991. The Common Law. New York, Dover Publications.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935, The Common Law. New York, Dover Publications, 1991.
MLA Citation (style guide)Holmes, Oliver Wendell. The Common Law. New York, Dover Publications, 1991.
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