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UNINA9910777614303321 |
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Autore |
White G. Edward |
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Titolo |
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. / / G. Edward White |
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006 |
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©2006 |
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0-19-772005-6 |
0-19-029408-6 |
1-280-53475-3 |
0-19-972690-6 |
1-4294-0359-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 161 p. ) : ill |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The family legacy -- Our hearts were touched with fire : the Civil War years -- The practical struggle of life : becoming a lawyer and a judge -- The quiet years -- A more important and more visible court -- A new and solemn volume opens -- An unlikely reformer -- The yankee from Olympus -- Toward melancholy : the retirement years. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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