Although The Common Law, the seminal work by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., clearly represents the culmination of an intellectual journey, the development of Holmes' thought has not been easily deciphered. Frederic Rogers Kellogg traces Holmes' intellectual path, and asks: why did Holmes write The Common Law? what did he mean by his message that the law has evolved away from moral and toward external standards of liability? how did he arrive at this conclusion? The answers, Dr. Kellogg maintains, are to be found in a series of nine essays that originally appeared in The American Law Review....
Although The Common Law, the seminal work by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., clearly represents the culmination of an intellectual journey, the develop...
An analysis of the early writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes that shows how he developed a theory of legal logic that took into account factors from outside the courtroom.
An analysis of the early writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes that shows how he developed a theory of legal logic that took into account factors from out...
