Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr 1841-1935

Overview

Works:	855 works in 2,259 publications in 5 languages and 72,016 library holdings
Genres:	Records and correspondence Biography Biographies History Personal narratives Juvenile works Law commentaries Diaries Anecdotes
Subject Headings:	Judges
Roles:	Author, Editor, Honoree, Former owner, Author of introduction, Composer, Donor, Recipient
Classifications:	KF8745.H6, 923.473

Publication Timeline

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 )
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes : law and the inner self by G. Edward White( Book )
Holmes and Frankfurter : their correspondence, 1912-1934 by Oliver Wendell Holmes( )
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. by G. Edward White( )

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 )
Holmes-Sheehan correspondence : the letters of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and Canon Patrick Augustine Sheehan by Oliver Wendell Holmes( 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 great dissent : how Oliver Wendell Holmes changed his mind -- and changed the history of free speech in America by Thomas Healy( Book )
The justice from Beacon Hill : the life and times of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Liva Baker( Book )
American thought: Civil War to World War I by Perry Miller( 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 )
Life, law, and letters : essays and sketches by Louis Auchincloss( Book )
Mr. Justice Holmes by Francis Biddle( Book )
Our Constitution: tool or testament? by Beryl Harold Levy( Book )
Law without values : the life, work, and legacy of Justice Holmes by Albert W Alschuler( Book )

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Most widely held works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

The common law by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

228 editions published between 1881 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 6,253 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

Commentaries on American law by James Kent( )

37 editions published between 1873 and 2012 in English and held by 1,338 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

61 editions published between 1943 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,257 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 1952 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,209 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Speeches by Oliver Wendell Holmes( )

46 editions published between 1891 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,119 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collected legal papers by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

54 editions published between 1920 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,054 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

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 )

19 editions published between 1955 and 1964 in English and held by 988 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The path of the law by Oliver Wendell Holmes( )

32 editions published between 1897 and 2016 in English and Spanish and held by 964 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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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 924 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

46 editions published between 1941 and 1996 in English and held by 728 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

31 editions published between 1946 and 2013 in English and held by 724 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

23 editions published between 1931 and 2001 in English and held by 605 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Occasional speeches by Oliver Wendell Holmes( Book )

16 editions published between 1962 and 2013 in English and held by 549 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Youth's companion by Massachusetts. - Youth's Companion P.P. - Boston( Book )

1 edition published in 1954 in English and held by 461 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Selections from the pages of the magazine first published in 1827

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

14 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 450 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

Rational basis of legal institutions by John Henry Wigmore( )

7 editions published between 1923 and 1969 in English and held by 356 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An address by Oliver Wendell Holmes( )

13 editions published between 1895 and 1897 in English and held by 335 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 312 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Notes on common forms : a book of Massachusetts law by Uriel H Crocker( )

3 editions published in 1867 in English and held by 311 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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