|
Showing 1 - 3 of
3 matches in All Departments
|
The Right to Privacy (Hardcover)
Samuel D. Warren, Louis D. Brandeis; Foreword by Steven Alan Childress
|
R572
Discovery Miles 5 720
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
(Illustrated: Contains extensive images and photographs, with
scholarly explanations, including Holmes's handwritten notes in the
margins of his book and the original admission ticket to his 1880
lectures.) Modern, accurate, and legible edition of the classic
work by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., analyzing the concept of rules
and the development of common law in the United States and England
over ten centuries. Presented in a clear and affordable format, yet
with original pagination embedded to allow accurate citation or
uniform references for classroom use. Includes photographs and rare
images, Holmes's original Index, Preface and detailed Contents
(features missing in many prior editions), and readable typeface.
Holmes wrote this work from his famous 1880 series of lectures in
Boston on the life of the law, the use of history, and the basics
of torts, contracts, crime, and property law. Law, he wrote, is a
response to the felt necessities of the time. And in the process he
wrote a book that is considered timeless. This modern edition of
the classic book features an explanatory introduction and
biographical summary by Steven Alan Childress, J.D., Ph.D., a
senior law professor at Tulane University.
A new take on Holmes' classic study of law and judicial development
of rules. "The life of the law has not been logic: it has been
experience." Annotated throughout with simple clarifications --
decoding and demystifying it for the first time - to make it
accessible to a new generation of readers. Features a 2010 Foreword
and extensive notes by Steven Alan Childress, J.D., Ph.D., a senior
law professor at Tulane. Includes correct footnote numbers and
original page numbers for citing. Contains rare photographs and
insightful biographical section as well. As lamented by Holmes'
premier biographer in 2006, The Common Law "is very likely the
best-known book ever written about American law. But it is a
difficult, sometimes obscure book, which today's lawyers and law
students find largely inaccessible." No longer. With insertions and
simple definitions of the original's language and concepts, this
version makes it live for college students (able to "get it," at
last, with legal terms explained), plus historians, law students,
lawyers, and anyone wanting to understand his great book. No
previous edition of this classic work has offered annotations or
explanatory inserts. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. compiled his master
work in 1881 from lectures on the origins, reasoning, and import of
the common law. It jump-started legal Realism and established law
as a pragmatic way to solve problems and make policy, not just a
bucket of rules. It has stood the test of time as one of the most
important and influential studies of law. This book is interesting
for a vast audience, including historians, students, and political
scientists. It is also a recommended read before law school or in
the 1L year. High quality hardcover edition from Quid Pro's Legal
Legends Series. Holmes (1841-1935) was a legendary Justice of the
U.S. Supreme Court. Before that, he was an influential legal
scholar who brought pragmatism to a new age of legal thought.
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
|