Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr 1841-1935

Overview

Works:	837 works in 2,131 publications in 5 languages and 71,601 library holdings
Genres:	Records and correspondence Biography History Personal narratives Juvenile works Diaries Anecdotes
Subject Headings:	Judges
Roles:	Author, Editor, Author of introduction, Honoree, Composer, Former owner, Recipient, Donor
Classifications:	KF8745.H6, 923.473

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Most widely held works about Oliver Wendell Holmes

Yankee from Olympus : Justice Holmes and his family by Catherine Drinker Bowen( Book )
The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand( Book )
Honorable justice : the life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Sheldon M Novick( Book )
Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court by Felix Frankfurter( Book )
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes by Mark De Wolfe Howe( Book )

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes : law and the inner self by G. Edward White( Book )
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes : a biography by Silas Bent( Book )
The legacy of Holmes and Brandeis : a study in the influence of ideas by Samuel Joseph Konefsky( Book )
The justice from Beacon Hill : the life and times of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Liva Baker( Book )
The great dissent : how Oliver Wendell Holmes changed his mind -- and changed the history of free speech in America by Thomas Healy( Book )
American thought: Civil War to World War I by Perry Miller( Book )
Life, law, and letters : essays and sketches by Louis Auchincloss( Book )
Mr. Justice Holmes by Francis Biddle( Book )
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.--soldier, scholar, judge by Gary Jan Aichele( Book )
The mind and faith of Justice Holmes; his speeches, essays, letters, and judicial opinions by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )
Holmes-Pollock letters : the correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Sir Frederick Pollock, 1874-1932 by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )
Our Constitution: tool or testament? by Beryl Harold Levy( Book )
Holmes-Sheehan correspondence : the letters of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and Canon Patrick Augustine Sheehan by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )
Collected legal papers by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. by G. Edward White( Book )

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Most widely held works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

The common law by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

221 editions published between 1881 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 3,729 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Overview: This volume of the ABA Classics Series is The Common Law. In the history of the law there have been many great treatises written by many great legal minds, but only a few have had the influence and staying power to truly be called the classics. The Common Law by famed Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. is certainly one of these books

The mind and faith of Justice Holmes; his speeches, essays, letters, and judicial opinions by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

58 editions published between 1943 and 2007 in English and held by 1,116 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Holmes-Laski letters; the correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Harold J. Laski, 1916-1935 by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

25 editions published between 1953 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,021 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The dissenting opinions of Mr. Justice Holmes : arranged, with introductory notes by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

19 editions published between 1929 and 1999 in English and held by 813 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Commentaries on American law by James Kent( Book )

25 editions published between 1873 and 1989 in English and held by 765 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Holmes-Pollock letters : the correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Sir Frederick Pollock, 1874-1932 by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

54 editions published between 1941 and 1986 in English and Undetermined and held by 733 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Touched with fire : Civil War letters and diary of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1861-1864 by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

29 editions published between 1946 and 2000 in English and held by 689 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collected legal papers by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

52 editions published between 1920 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 670 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935) is ingrained in American history as one of the country's foremost jurists. Distinguished for his learning, judgment, humor, and eloquence, he served as justice of the United States Supreme Court for four decades. Throughout his career, Holmes forged new concepts of the origin and nature of law. He viewed the law as a social instrument rather than as a set of abstract principles, and his ideas were seminal in the development of modern free-speech legislation. His retirement in 1932 was a national event, and he remains today one of the most influential members to have ever served on the Supreme Court. This volume compiles twenty-six of Oliver Wendell Holmes's legal papers and addresses, an important collection of opinions and dissents that touch every field of our national activity and reflect the ongoing development of a democratic society. Included is the famous article "Early English Equity," along with Holmes's essay on "The Path of the Law," which is regarded as the most significant index to his legal work

Representative opinions of Mr. Justice Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

21 editions published between 1931 and 2001 in English and held by 588 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Occasional speeches by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

17 editions published between 1962 and 2013 in English and held by 533 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Speeches by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

43 editions published between 1891 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 514 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Youth's companion by The Youth's Companion( Book )

1 edition published in 1954 in English and held by 475 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Selections from the pages of the magazine first published in 1827

The Holmes reader; the life, writings, speeches, constitutional decisions, etc., of the late Oliver Wendell Holmes, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by Julius J Marke( Book )

1 edition published in 1955 in English and held by 468 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The collected works of Justice Holmes : complete public writings and selected judicial opinions of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

in English and held by 418 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

James Bradley Thayer, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Felix Frankfurter on John Marshall by James Bradley Thayer( Book )

2 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 401 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Holmes reader; the life, writings, speeches, constitutional decisions, etc. of the late Oliver Wendell Holmes, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, as well as an evaluation of his work and achievements by eminent authorities by Julius J Marke( Book )

23 editions published between 1955 and 2010 in English and Bengali and held by 397 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Justice Holmes, ex cathedra by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

4 editions published between 1966 and 1991 in English and held by 315 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An address by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

13 editions published between 1895 and 1897 in English and held by 136 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The path of the law by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

32 editions published between 1897 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 89 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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Rational basis of legal institutions by John Henry Wigmore( Book )

7 editions published between 1923 and 1969 in English and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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