Cambridge studies in philosophy and law The path of the law and its influence : the legacy of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Book
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ISBN 10
0521630061
ISBN 13
9780521630061
DDC
340
Category
American Law
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Publication Year
2000
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Pages
viii, 354 pages
Subject
American Biography
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Abstract
"Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935), is arguably the most important American jurist of the twentieth century. His essay The Path of the Law, first published in 1898, is the seminal work in modern American legal theory. In it, Holmes detailed his radical break with legal formalism and created the foundation for the leading contemporary schools of American legal thought." "This volume brings together some of the most distinguished legal scholars from the United States and Canada to examine competing understandings of The Path of the Law and its implications for contemporary American jurisprudence. For the reader's convenience, the essay is reprinted in the Appendix.""This book will be of interest to professionals and students in law and the philosophy, history, economics, and sociology of law."--Jacket.
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Content:
Law as a vocation: Holmes and the lawyer's path / Robert W. Gordon -- The bad man and the good lawyer / David Luban -- Why practice needs ethical theory: particularism, principle, and bad behavior / Martha C. Nussbaum -- Theories, anti-theories, and norms: comment on Nussbaum / Dan M. Kahan -- Traversing Holmes' path toward a jurisprudence of logical form / Scott Brewer -- Holmes on the logic of the law / Thomas C. Grey -- Holmes versus Hart: the bad man in legal theory / Stephen R. Perry -- The bad man and the internal point of view / Scott J. Shapiro -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and William James: the bad man and the moral life / Catharine Peirce Wells -- Emerson and Holmes: serene skeptics / Sanford Levinson -- The path dependence of the law / Clayton P. Gillette -- Changing the path of the law / Gillian K. Hadfield -- Holmes, economics, and classical realism / Brian Leiter -- Comments on Brian Leiter's "Holmes, economics, and classical realism" / Jody S. Kraus.
Law as a vocation: Holmes and the lawyer's path / Robert W. Gordon -- The bad man and the good lawyer / David Luban -- Why practice needs ethical theory: particularism, principle, and bad behavior / Martha C. Nussbaum -- Theories, anti-theories, and norms: comment on Nussbaum / Dan M. Kahan -- Traversing Holmes' path toward a jurisprudence of logical form / Scott Brewer -- Holmes on the logic of the law / Thomas C. Grey -- Holmes versus Hart: the bad man in legal theory / Stephen R. Perry -- The bad man and the internal point of view / Scott J. Shapiro -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and William James: the bad man and the moral life / Catharine Peirce Wells -- Emerson and Holmes: serene skeptics / Sanford Levinson -- The path dependence of the law / Clayton P. Gillette -- Changing the path of the law / Gillian K. Hadfield -- Holmes, economics, and classical realism / Brian Leiter -- Comments on Brian Leiter's "Holmes, economics, and classical realism" / Jody S. Kraus.
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