Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Legal Theory, and Judicial Restraint

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Paperback, 222 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2011
ISBN13: 9780521321921
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr, is considered by many to be the most influential American jurist. The voluminous literature devoted to his writings and legal thought, however, is diverse and inconsistent. In this study, Frederic R. Kellogg follows Holmes's intellectual path from his early writings through his judicial career. He offers a fresh perspective that addresses the views of Holmes's leading critics and explains his relevance to the controversy over judicial activism and restraint. Holmes is shown to be an original legal theorist who reconceived common law as a theory of social inquiry and who applied his insights to constitutional law. From his empirical and naturalist perspective on law, with its roots in American pragmatism, emerged Holmes's distinctive judicial and constitutional restraint. Kellogg distinguishes Holmes from analytical legal positivism and contrasts him with a range of thinkers.

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ISBN13:9780521321921
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:222

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1. A time for law; 2. Playing king; 3. Holmes's conception of law; 4. Common law theory revisited; 5. Holmes and legal classification; 6. The general theory of liability (and its critics); 7. Morals and skepticism in law; 8. Judges, principles, and policy; 9. Common law constitutionalism; 10. Holmes's theory in retrospect.

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