Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes [[electronic resource] ] : law and the inner self / / G. Edward White

• Autore: White G. Edward
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995
• Edizione: Oxford University Press pbk.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (649 p.)
• Disciplina: 347.3073534; 347.732634B347.3073534B
• Soggetto topico: Judges - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Originally published: 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: This volume provides a complete biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes which shows the relationship between his 19th-century Boston Brahmin upbringing and his 20th-century legal innovation. By examining Holmes's colourful life, White shows the connection between legal thought and cultural change.
• Titolo autorizzato: Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
• ISBN: 1-4294-0622-4; 1-280-52846-X; 0-19-802433-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454372903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II