Stereoscopic law : Oliver Wendell Holmes and legal education / Alexander Lian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lian, Alexander, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Holmes, Oliver Wendell.

Law--Study and teaching--United States.

Law.

Law--United States--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 517 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

In this unique book, Alexander Lian, a practicing commercial litigator, advances the thesis that the most famous article in American jurisprudence, Oliver Wendell Holmes's "The Path of the Law," presents Holmes's leading ideas on legal education. Through meticulous analysis, Lian explores Holmes's fundamental ideas on law and its study. He puts "The Path of the Law" within the trajectory of Holmes's jurisprudence, from earliest scholarship to The Common Law to the occasional pieces Holmes wrote or delivered after joining the U.S. Supreme Court. Lian takes a close look at the reactions "The Path of the Law" has evoked, both positive and negative, and restates the essay's core teachings for today's legal educators. Lian convincingly shows that Holmes's "theory of legal study" broke down artificial barriers between theory and practice. For contemporary legal educators, Stereoscopic Law reformulates Holmes's fundamental message that the law must been seen and taught three-dimensionally.

Contents:

Introduction

Law and the Legal Profession

The Inner Path Of The Common Law

The Purely Legal Point Of View

Thirteen Ways Of Looking At The Bad Man

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

ISBN:

1-108-60068-9

1-108-69969-3

1-108-64058-3