The Common Law

by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., G. Edward White (Introduction)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674264526
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	04/15/2009
Series:	John Harvard Library Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

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).

Table of Contents

Contents Introduction by 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 IV. Fraud, Malice, and Intent: The Theory of Torts 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