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Record Nr.

UNISA996248317803316

Autore

White G. Edward (George Edward), <1941->

Titolo

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes : law and the inner self / / G. Edward White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-771968-6

0-19-988021-2

1-4294-0622-4

1-280-52846-X

0-19-802433-9

Edizione

[Oxford University Press pbk.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (649 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

347.3073534

347.732634B347.3073534B

Soggetti

Judges - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: Heritage; CHAPTER TWO: The Civil War; CHAPTER THREE: Friendships, Companions, and Attachments, 1864–1882; CHAPTER FOUR: Coming to Maturity: Early Legal Scholarship; CHAPTER FIVE: The Common Law; CHAPTER SIX: "An All Round View of the Law," 1882–1902; CHAPTER SEVEN: Travel and Romance; CHAPTER EIGHT: The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; CHAPTER NINE: The Supreme Court, 1903–1916; CHAPTER TEN: Recognition; CHAPTER TWELVE: The Supreme Court, 1917–1931: Free Speech; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Aging; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: A Concluding Assessment

APPENDIX: Holmes' SecretariesNOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z;

Sommario/riassunto

A complete biography of the American judge Oliver Wendell Holmes, which shows the relationship between his 19th-century Boston upbringing and his 20th-century legal innovations. By examining Holmes's colourful life, the author defines the connection between legal thought and cultural change.