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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., is considered one of the greatest justices of the United States Supreme Court and profoundly influenced American jurisprudence, especially in the areas of civil liberties and judicial restraint. At the same time, his abilities as a prose stylist earned him a position among the literary elite. In The Common Law, derived from a series of lectures given at the Lowell Institute in Boston, he systematized his early legal doctrines, creating an enduring classic of legal philosophy that continues to be read and consulted today. Beginning with historical forms of liability, it goes on to discuss criminal law, torts, bail, possession and ownership, contracts, successions, and many other aspects of civil and criminal law. This is a lucid, accessible, and continually relevant sourcebook for students and laymen alike.

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A landmark in intellectual history. -- Mark DeWolfe Howe This famous book...resembles a necklace of splendid diamonds...[Holmes'] learning is always gracefully deployed and never degenerates into pedantry...It is amazing that so much could have been amassed by a man of thirty. -- New York Review of Books This book is a classic in the sense that its stock of ideas has been absorbed and become a part of common juristic thought...They placed law in a perspective which legal scholarship ever since has merely confirmed. -- Felix Frankfurter, New York Times bestselling author of Of Law and Men

"""A landmark in intellectual history."" -- ""Mark DeWolfe Howe"" ""This book is a classic in the sense that its stock of ideas has been absorbed and become a part of common juristic thought...They placed law in a perspective which legal scholarship ever since has merely confirmed."" -- ""Felix Frankfurter, New York Times bestselling author of Of Law and Men"" This famous book...resembles a necklace of splendid diamonds...[Holmes'] learning is always gracefully deployed and never degenerates into pedantry...It is amazing that so much could have been amassed by a man of thirty. -- ""New York Review of Books"""

This famous book...resembles a necklace of splendid diamonds...[Holmes'] learning is always gracefully deployed and never degenerates into pedantry...It is amazing that so much could have been amassed by a man of thirty. -- New York Review of Books This book is a classic in the sense that its stock of ideas has been absorbed and become a part of common juristic thought...They placed law in a perspective which legal scholarship ever since has merely confirmed. -- Felix Frankfurter, New York Times bestselling author of Of Law and Men A landmark in intellectual history. -- Mark DeWolfe Howe

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902-1932. He was the oldest justice in the Supreme Court's history and remains one of the most widely cited justices to this day. Robert Morris is the founding lead senior pastor of Gateway Church, a multicampus church based out of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Since it began in 2000, the church has grown to more than 71,000 active attendees. His television program is aired in over 190 countries, and his radio program, Worship & the Word with Pastor Robert, airs in more than 1,800 radio markets across America. He serves as chancellor of The King's University and is the bestselling author of numerous books, including The Blessed Life, Frequency, Beyond Blessed, and Take the Day Off. Robert and his wife, Debbie, reside in Dallas, TX, and have been married 40 years and are blessed with one married daughter, two married sons, and nine grandchildren.

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