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Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Free Speech and the Living Constitution Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Pohlman, H. L. (Author)
ISBN: 0814766226     ISBN-13: 9780814766224
Publisher: New York University Press
OUR PRICE:   $28.50  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 1993
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Annotation: "Persuasive. A welcome addition."
--"The Journal of Legal History"

"A masterly exposition of the complex details of Holmes' Supreme Court work."
--"The Core Review"

In this work, H.L. Pohlman calls for a new interpretation of Holmes as a moderate defender of free speech, and provides a window into Holmes' basic understanding of American constitutionalism. Pohlman argues that Holmes played a crucial role in the development of the idea that the Constitution is a living entity, an idea that differed radically from nineteenth-century antecedents.
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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Civil Procedure
- Political Science | Civil Rights
- Biography & Autobiography | Lawyers & Judges
Dewey: 347.302
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.74" (0.77 lbs) 278 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Persuasive. A welcome addition.
--The Journal of Legal History
A masterly exposition of the complex details of Holmes' Supreme Court work.
--The Core Review
In this work, H.L. Pohlman calls for a new interpretation of Holmes as a moderate defender of free speech, and provides a window into Holmes' basic understanding of American constitutionalism. Pohlman argues that Holmes played a crucial role in the development of the idea that the Constitution is a living entity, an idea that differed radically from nineteenth-century antecedents.

Contributor Bio(s): Pohlman, H. L.: - H. L. Pohlman is Associate Professor at Dickinson College and author of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and Utilitarian Jurisprudence.