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Informationen zum Autor 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 nicknamed 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). Klappentext Oliver Wendell Holmes! Jr. (1841-1935) is generally considered one of the greatest justices of the United States Supreme Court. In more than 2!000 opinions! Holmes delineated an impressive legal philosophy that profoundly influenced American jurisprudence! particularly in the area of civil liberties and judicial restraint. In THE COMMON LAW! the ideas and judicial theory of Holmes can be studied and appreciated. Zusammenfassung The Common Law is Oliver Wendell Holmes' most sustained work of jurisprudence Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Preface, LECTURE 1: EARLY FORMS OF LIABILITY, LECTURE 2: THE CRIMINAL LAW, LECTURE 3: TORTS.— TRESPASS AND NEGLIGENCE, LECTURE 4: FRAUD, MALICE, AND INTENT — THE THEORY OF TORTS, LECTURE 5: THE BAILEE AT COMMON LAW, LECTURE 6: POSSESSION, LECTURE 7: CONTRACT. — 1. HISTORY, LECTURE 8: CONTRACT. — 2. ELEMENTS, LECTURE 9: CONTRACT. — 3. VOID AND VOIDABLE, LECTURE 10: SUCCESSIONS. — 1. AFTER DEATH. — 2. INTER VIVOS, LECTURE 11: SUCCESSIONS. — 2. INTER VIVOS, Glossary of Legal Terms, Table of Cases, Year Books and Early Cases, Index
