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The single most important essay about law ever written. This essay defines the responsibilities of the legal profession from one of law's greatest practitioners.
About the Author
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was nick-named the "Great Dissenter" because of his many dissenting opinions. Holmes is also the author of Kent's Commentaries on the Law (1873) and "The Path of the Law" (1897).
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The single most important essay about law ever written. This essay defines the responsibilities of the legal profession from one of law's greatest practitioners.