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Overview"""Sure to be the standard reference for all subsequent scholarship.""—John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review ""A critical contribution to legal literature, and definitely worth having.""—Peter J. Messitte, Trial" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Oliver Wendell Holmes , Sheldon M. Novick , Erwin N. GriswoldPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 1.70cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 3.00cm Weight: 3.289kg ISBN: 9780226349664ISBN 10: 0226349667 Pages: 1444 Publication Date: 15 January 1994 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsVOLUME ONE Foreword: Editorial Principles Introduction The History of this Edition A Brief Biography of Justice Holmes Holmes's Philosophy and Jurisprudence: Origin and Development of Principal Themes A Critical Assessment Nonjudicial Works Youthful Works Introduction Undergraduate essays, addresses, and poems Civil War Poems, Obituaries The American Law Review 1867-1873 Introduction Digests of Cases Articles, comments, and book notices VOLUME TWO Introduction Holmes's Notes to Kent's Commentaries VOLUME THREE Articles in Preparation for The Common Law The Common Law Later Writings Speeches (1913 edition) Uncollected and Unpublished AddressesReviewsHolmes (1841-1935) wrote some of the Supreme Court decisions most venerated by liberals, particularly those defending free speech, but he was also very much a man of the 19th century. He subscribed to a worldview that accorded with Hobbes and Malthus, and in his embrace of eugenics he so far outstripped his contemporaries that editor Novick (Honorable Justice: The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1989) refers to some of Holmes's words as evil. But, Novick adds, in the end, I find Holmes better than his ideas. There is more than enough material here for readers to make up their own minds about that - so much, in fact, that the question of whether Holmes was a good man or bad becomes, perhaps, the least interesting approach to his life and work. The precise introduction - which offers a short biography, a summary of Holmes's philosophy and jurisprudence, and a critical appraisal of his performance as judge and justice - is a good place to initially get your brain wet. Holmes lived an extraordinarily public and written life, leaving behind a gargantuan paper trail riddled with the inky footprints of his character. Much of the trail in this collection leads to quotidian lawyer work, but there are also paths that reveal a man of great wisdom, and cul de sacs that betray a man of great folly. (Kirkus Reviews) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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