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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. - Civil War Soldier, Supreme Court Justice (Paperback)
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. - Civil War Soldier, Supreme Court Justice (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Historical Americans
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., was one of the most influential jurists
of his time. From the antebellum era and the Civil War through the
First World War and into the New Deal years, Holmes' long life and
career as a Supreme Court Justice spanned an eventful period of
American history, as the country went from an agrarian republic to
an industrialized world power. In this concise, engaging book,
Susan-Mary Grant puts Holmes' life in national context, exploring
how he both shaped and reflected his changing country. She examines
the impact of the Civil War on his life and his thinking, his role
in key cases ranging from the issue of free speech in Schenck v.
United States to the infamous ruling in favor of eugenics in Buck
v. Bell, showing how behind Holmes' reputation as a liberal justice
lay a more complex approach to law that did not neatly align with
political divisions. Including a selection of key primary
documents, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. introduces students of U.S.,
Civil War, and legal history to a game-changing figure and his
times.
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