Oliver Wendell Holmes and Fixations of Manliness

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. has been, and continues to be, praised as America's greatest judge and he is widely considered to have done more than anyone else to breathe life into the Constitution's right of free speech, probably the most crucial right for democracy. In this book, John Kang argues that Holmes's First Amendment jurisprudence w

Sommario

Preface

Chapter One: The Father and the Hero

Chapter Two: A Collegiate Manliness

Chapter Three: Reasons for Fighting in the War

Chapter Four: The Experience of War: "A Splendid Carelessness for Life"

Chapter Five: Faith through Fire

Chapter Six: The Famous Cases: Abrams and Gitlow

Chapter 7: Holmes’s Change of Mind

Chapter 8: Gender and Citizenship

Conclusion

Index

Info autore

John M. Kang is Professor of Law at St Thomas University, USA. He has published on constitutional law and masculinity.

Riassunto

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. has been, and continues to be, praised as America’s greatest judge and he is widely considered to have done more than anyone else to breathe life into the Constitution’s right of free speech, probably the most crucial right for democracy. In this book, John Kang argues that Holmes’s First Amendment jurisprudence w

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John M Kang, John M. Kang
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9780367593292
• ISBN: 978-0-367-59329-2
• Pagine: 160
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto pubblico, amministrativo, costituzionale; USA, LAW / General, LAW / Legal History, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Jurisprudence, LAW / Gender & the Law, Legal History, Gender & the law, United States of America, USA, Jurisprudence and general issues, Law and society, gender issues, Constitution, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general