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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, G. Edward. (George Edward), 1941- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell.

Judges--United States--Biography.

Judges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (649 p.)

Edition:

Oxford University Press pbk.

Other Title:

Law and the inner self

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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;

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

9780197719688

0197719686

9780199880218

0199880212

9781429406222

1429406224

9781280528460

128052846X

9780198024330

0198024339

OCLC:

476008342

Publisher Number:

2027/heb07940 hdl