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Vor 4 Tagen · Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., is one of the central figures of American legal history. His fingerprints are all over virtually every core subject in the doctrinal canon. My Jurisprudence students know that one of his key contributions is the so-called “bad man” theory of the law. From his famous 1897 address, “The Path of the Law”:
Vor 2 Tagen · A unanimous Supreme Court affirmed her conviction, with Justices Brandeis and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. concurring but noting that review was inappropriate without proof at trial that ...
Vor 4 Tagen · But Oliver Wendell Holmes was just 21 when he wrote "Old Ironsides" in 1830. Other than a few comic poems for his Harvard newspaper, Holmes had published little else. In the nine-volume edition of Holmes’ collected works, "Old Ironsides" appears on page one. He knocked off the three short stanzas one afternoon while procrastinating at law school, yet it remains his best-known work today. We ...
Vor einem Tag · Hughes struck up a close friendship with Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. By early 1910, Hughes was anxious to retire from his position as governor. A vacancy on the Supreme Court arose following the death of Associate Justice David J. Brewer, and Taft offered the position to Hughes, who quickly accepted the offer.
Vor 4 Tagen · The legendary Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote that hard cases make bad law. The Trump immunity case is an easy case that may not only make bad law, but also help destroy the rule of law’s first ...
Vor 3 Tagen · As the old adage – attributed variously to Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, Abraham Lincoln and John Stuart Mill – expresses it, “your freedom ends where my nose begins.” In other words, the individual’s freedom is constrained by the freedom of others. Consequently, the Court of Appeal’s judgment is founded on sound legal principles.
Vor 3 Tagen · In the struggles against the Barbary Pirates and during the War of 1812, "Old Ironsides" captured 24 enemy vessels and never lost a battle. Today, the Constitution is in drydock, a living symbol of America's naval success. The ship was scheduled to be destroyed in the years after the War of 1812, but a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes built up ...
