The Path Of The Law

by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Overview

The Path of the Law By Oliver Wendell Holmes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781936041961
Publisher:	Simon & Brown
Publication date:	02/02/2011
Pages:	26
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.06(d)

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 nick-named 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

The single most important essay about law ever written. This essay defines the responsibilities of the legal profession from one of law's greatest practitioners.