The Common Law - Softcover

Holmes Jr, Oliver Wendell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605206423 ISBN 13: 9781605206424

Publisher: Cosimo Classics, 2009

Synopsis

Before he became U.S. Supreme Court justice in 1902, American jurist OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES JR. (1841-1935) was already famous as the most influential proponent for and teacher of the common law. In this collection of lectures-originally delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston and first gathered in book form in 1881-Holmes introduces us to basic concepts of the common law and explains his reasoning of them. Discussed are: · liability · criminal law · trespass and negligence · fraud, malice, and intent · possession and ownership · the contract · and much more. One of the most widely cited members of the Supreme Court, Holmes continues to dramatically impact the U.S. legal system to this day. This classic volume of his jurisprudence-reproduced here from the 1938 31st printing-is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand modern American law.

About this title

From the Publisher:

59th printing

About the Author:

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was nick-named the "Great Dissenter" because of his many dissenting opinions. Holmes is also the author of Kent's Commentaries on the Law (1873) and "The Path of the Law" (1897).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cosimo Classics
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1605206423
• ISBN 13: 9781605206424
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 444