The Common Law
$175.68
- Paperback
365 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2004
Summary
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 while preserving continuity with the past. A common law judge must be creative, both in determining the society’s current needs, and in discerning how b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780765808271 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0765808277 |
| Author: | Walter Galenson, Oliver Wendell Holmes |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Imprint: | Transaction Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 365 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2004 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Law & Society |
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About The Author
Walter Galenson
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was nicknamed the Great Dissenter because of his many dissenting opinions. Holmes is also the author of Kent’s Commentaries on the Law (1873) and The Path of the Law (1897).
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