Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: White, G. Edward
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Lives and legacies.
Subjects:
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, > Jr., > 1841-1935.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, > 1809-1894.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, > 1809-1894
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, > Jr., > 1841-1935
United States. > Supreme Court > Officials and employees > Biography.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court > Fonctionnaires > Biographies.
United States. > Supreme Court
Judges > United States > Biography.
Judges.
Juges > États-Unis > Biographies.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Social Science > General.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > General.
Employees
Judges
United States
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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