Synopses & Reviews
Much more than an historical examination of liability, criminal law, torts, bail, possession and ownership, and contracts, The Common Law articulates the ideas and judicial theory of one of the greatest justices of the Supreme Court. G. Edward White reminds us why the book remains essential reading not only for law students but also for anyone interested in American history. The text published is, with occasional corrections of typographical errors, identical with that found in the first and all subsequent printings by Little, Brown.
Synopsis
The Common Law is a classic work from the great Supreme Court Justice, Oliver Wendell Holmes. In The Common Law, Holmes examines many aspects of the common law giving great attention to the historical perspective and precedence and its influence on modern common law. In this work you will lengthy discussions on several areas of law including: liability, criminal law, torts, contracts, and successions. Extensively annotated, this edition of The Common Law will make great reading for any lawyer or student of the law.
Synopsis
G. Edward White's Introduction: 2009 Exemplary Writing Award, Long Article Category, The Green Bag
About the Author
G. Edward Whiteis University Professor and John B. Minor Professor of Law and History, <>University of Virginia, and author of a number of prizewinning books, including The Marshall Court and Cultural Change, 1815 1835, and Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
G. Edward White - Note on the Text
- Chronology of Oliver Wendell Holmes’s Life
The Common Law
- Preface
- Lecture I. Early Forms of Liability
- Lecture II. The Criminal Law
- Lecture III. Torts: Trespass and Negligence
- Lecture V. The Bailee at Common Law
- Lecture VI. Possession
- Lecture VII. Contract: I. History
- Lecture VIII. Contract: II. Elements
- Lecture IX. Contract: III. Void and Voidable
- Lecture X. Successions: I. After Death II. Inter Vivos
- Lecture XI. Successions: II. Inter Vivos
- Selected Bibliography
- Glossary of Legal Terms
- Table of Cases
- Year Books and Early Cases
- Index