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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451696203321

Autore

White G. Edward

Titolo

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. / / G. Edward White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-280-53475-3

0-19-972690-6

1-4294-0359-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 161 p. ) : ill

Collana

Lives and Legacies

Disciplina

347.732634

Soggetti

Judges - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This biography of one of the most important figures ever to sit on the United States Supreme Court traces Holmes's life from his early years in Boston, his undergraduate years in Harvard, his service in the Civil War and into legal practice. It then focuses on his 30 years service as a Supreme Court Justice.