The Common Law
Published on 1. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-674-03402-0 (ISBN)
Description
Much more than an historical examination of liability, criminal law, torts, bail, possession and ownership, and contracts, The Common Law articulates the ideas and judicial theory of one of the greatest justices of the Supreme Court. G. Edward White reminds us why the book remains essential reading not only for law students but also for anyone interested in American history. The text published is, with occasional corrections of typographical errors, identical with that found in the first and all subsequent printings by Little, Brown.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
Harvard University Press
Target group
Adult education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-674-03402-0 (9780674034020)
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
The Common Law
E-Book
04/2009
The Belknap Press
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Persons
G. Edward White is David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia and the author of numerous books, including Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Alger Hiss's Looking-Glass Wars.
Content
* Introduction G. Edward White * Note on the Text * Chronology of Oliver Wendell Holmes's Life The Common Law * Preface * Lecture I. Early Forms of Liability * Lecture II. The Criminal Law * Lecture III. Torts: Trespass and Negligence * Lecture V. The Bailee at Common Law * Lecture VI. Possession * Lecture VII. Contract: I. History * Lecture VIII. Contract: II. Elements * Lecture IX. Contract: III. Void and Voidable * Lecture X. Successions: I. After Death II. Inter Vivos * Lecture XI. Successions: II. Inter Vivos * Selected Bibliography * Glossary of Legal Terms * Table of Cases * Year Books and Early Cases * Index