The black book of Justice Holmes : text transcript and commentary / Michael H. Hoeflich & Ross E. Davies, editors ; transcriptions by Michael H. Hoeflich, Steven A. Epstein, Ashley Akers & Will Admusson ; foreword by d by Stephen R. McAllister, former U.S. Attorney, District of Kansas, and Solicitor General of Kansas.

"Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) is one of the most significant figures in American history, both as a judge and as a legal scholar. He was also, without question, one of the most well-read and erudite jurists of his age. Justice Holmes kept his personal notes in a volume that he call...

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Main Author: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935
Other Authors: Hoeflich, Michael H. (Editor)
Davies, Ross E. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Clark : Talbot Publishing (an imprint of the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.), [2021]
Subjects:
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, > Jr., > 1841-1935.
United States. > Supreme Court > Officials and employees.
Judicial opinions > United States.
Judges > United States.
Law > United States.
United States. > Supreme Court.
Employees.
Judges.
Judicial opinions.
Law.
United States.
Physical Description:lxii, 497 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 29 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Forward : The meaning of "Holmesian" / Stephen R. McAllister
  • Preface : A life without secrets / Ross E. Davies
  • Introduction and apologia : on the distinction between transcription and edition / M.H. Hoeflich
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes : law and the self-creation of a scholar-jurist / M.H. Hoeflich
  • The black book and premodern law / Steven A. Epstein
  • "The true reason appears from the old books" : the reading and writing of a common-law judge / Ross E. Davies
  • The black book / Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.