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2017. ISBN-13: 9781584774990. ISBN-10: 1584774991. Holmes, Oliver Wendell. The Common Law. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1881. xvi, 422 pp. Reprinted 2005, 2017 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774990. ISBN-10: 1584774991. Hardcover. New. $35. *This landmark work, which, according to Winfield, "blew fresh air into lawyer's minds encrusted with Blackstone and Kent," was a decisive influence on sociological jurisprudence, legal realism and the general development of American law in the twentieth century. (Percy H. Winfield, Chief Sources of Anglo-American Law 38.) Rejecting the reigning positivist ethos of the nineteenth century, Holmes proposed that the law was not a science founded on abstract universal principles but a body of practices that responded to particular situations. This functionalist interpretation led to his radical conclusion that law was not discovered, but invented. This theme is announced in the famous quote at the beginning of Lecture I: "The life of the law has…
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by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) is generally considered one of the greatest justices of the United States Supreme Court. In more than 2,000 opinions, Holmes delineated an impressive legal philosophy that profoundly influenced American jurisprudence, particularly in the area of civil liberties and judicial restraint. In THE COMMON LAW, the ideas and judicial theory of Holmes can be studied and appreciated.
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- Title The Common Law
- Author Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 444
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., Clark
- Date 2017-04-03
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9781584774990 / 1584774991
- Weight 1.8 lbs (0.82 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.13 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.87 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004053807
- Dewey Decimal Code 340.57
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