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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. /

Known as the 'Great Dissenter, ' Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr wrote some of the most eloquent opinions in the history of the United States Supreme Court. Holmes was responsible for some of the most important judicial opinions of the twentieth century. This biography offers readers a portrait...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: White, G. Edward
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:Lives and legacies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • The family legacy
  • Our hearts were touched with fire : the Civil War years
  • The practical struggle of life : becoming a lawyer and a judge
  • The quiet years
  • A more important and more visible court
  • A new and solemn volume opens
  • An unlikely reformer
  • The yankee from Olympus
  • Toward melancholy : the retirement years.