Synopses & Reviews
“The Holmes who emerges from these essays is complex and multifaceted, ornery and brilliant.”—The Appellate Practice Journal
Synopsis
A Stanford University Press classic.
Table of Contents
Introduction--Holmes's shadow / Robert W. Gordon --Holmes in his intellectual milieu / J.W. Burrow -- The place of Justice Holmes in American legal thought /Morton J. Horwitz -- Holmes's common law and German legal science / Mathias W. Reimann -- Citizenship, civilization, and coercion--Justice Holmes on the tax power / Stephen Diamond -- Holmes and the judicical figure / Robert A Ferguson -- Opening and closing the conversation--style and stance from Holmes Senior to Holmes Junior / Peter Gibian -- The "tough-minded" Justice Holmes, Jewish intellectuals, and the making of an American icon / David A. Hollinger.