Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., legal theory, and judicial restraint
By: Frederic R. Kellogg.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780521866507
Subjects: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, -- 1841-1935.; United States. -- Supreme Court -- History.; Judges -- United States -- Biography.; Law -- Political aspects.; Law -- Philosophy.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-193) and index.
Table of contents: title: A time for law; title: Playing king; title: Holmes' conception of law; title: Common law theory revisited; title: Holmes and legal classification; title: The general theory of liability; title: Morals and skepticism in law; title: Judges, principles, and policy; title: Common law constitutionalism; title: Holmes' theory in retrospect.