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This book argues for a three-dimensional view of law and restates the message of Holmes's 'The Path of the Law' for legal educators of today.
List of contents
Introduction: Part I. Law and the Legal Profession; Part II. The Inner Path of the Common Law; Part III. The Purely Legal Point of View; Part IV. Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Bad Man Recapitulation; Part V. The Theory of Legal Study; Conclusion.
About the author
Alexander Lian practices commercial litigation in Miami, FL. Since 2008, he has been a solo practitioner. His publications include numerous contributions to the ABA's Litigation Ethics Newsletter and a chapter in the recently published collection, The Pragmatism and Prejudice of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (2019).
Summary
Stereoscopic Law contends that the most famous article in American jurisprudence - Oliver Wendell Holmes's 'The Path of the Law' - is an essay on legal education. This book meticulously and uniquely develops this thesis through the lenses of history and philosophy and restates Holmes's main message to fit contemporary pedagogical challenges.
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'Alexander Lian's new book about Oliver Wendell Holmes is a magnificent achievement. A major contribution to the Holmes literature, Stereoscopic Law looks at its subject in an original, revealing way: both with a wide angle and a zoom lens. With Holmes's famous lecture The Path of the Law as a springboard, Lian explores and probes Holmes's thinking as a matter of legal philosophy as well as Holmes's biographical and intellectual development. Stereoscopic Law, written accessibly and provocatively, is sure to push Holmes studies in a new, fruitful direction. It should be read and pondered by anyone interested in the history of ideas and the life of the mind.' Daniel J. Kornstein, Lawyer and Author of The Second Greatest American
