Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes by White
A complete biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes which shows the relationship between his nineteenth-century Boston Brahmin upbringing and his twentieth-century legal innovation. By examining Holmes's colourful life, White shows the connection between legal thought and cultural change.
`White produces a quite remarkable bookThe most remarkable feature of this study is its detail ... a study, which, for all its detail and complexity, never fails to engage the reader--is an incredible achievement. Rarely do biographies come as good as this'. Law Quarterly Review
G. Edward White is University Professor and John B. Minor Professor of Law and History at the University of Virginia. A noted legal scholar, his books have won several awards, including a Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association in 1983, for Earl Warren, and the James Willard Hurst Prize of the Law and Society Association in 1990, for The Marshall Court and Cultural Change.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195101287 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195101286 |
| Title | Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes |
| Author | White |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1996-01-18 |
| Number of pages | 640 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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