Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935)
Auteur de The Common Law
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (March 8, 1841- March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932, and as Acting Chief Justice of the United States January - February 1930. Holmes was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the afficher plus son of the prominent writer and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Holmes graduated from Harvard University, as did his father. He enlisted in the Massachusetts militia in the Spring of 1861 and he retired to his home in Boston after his three-year enlistment ended in 1864. Upon his return, he enrolled in Harvard Law School; he was admitted to the bar in 1866. On August 11, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt nominated Holmes to a seat on the United States Supreme Court vacated by Justice Horace Gray, who had retired in July. The nomination was made on the recommendation of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, then the junior senator from Massachusetts. Holmes stepped down from the court in 1932 and retired when he was 90 years of age. Many of his papers and writings were donated to Harvard Law School. Holmes died of pneumonia in Washington, D. C. on March 6, 1935; he was almost 94 years old. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: By Clinedinst, Washington, D.C. (1903)
Œuvres de Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The Essential Holmes: Selections from the Letters, Speeches, Judicial Opinions, and Other Writings of Oliver Wendell… (1992) 99 exemplaires
The mind and faith of Justice Holmes; his speeches, essays, letters, and judicial opinions (1943) 56 exemplaires
Holmes-Pollock letters : the correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Sir Frederick Pollock, 1874-1932 (1941) 39 exemplaires
Touched with Fire: Civil War Letters and Diary of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1861-1864 (1946) 35 exemplaires
Holmes-Laski letters; the correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Harold J. Laski, 1916-1935 (1953) 30 exemplaires
The Holmes reader; the life, writings, speeches, constitutional decisions, etc., of the late Oliver Wendell Holmes,… (1955) 9 exemplaires
Holmes-Laski Letters: The Correspondence of Mr Justice Holmes and Harold J. Laski, 1916-1935. Vol. 2, 1926-1935 (1953) 8 exemplaires
The Collected Works of Justice Holmes: Complete Public Writings and Selected Judicial Opinions of Oliver Wendell Holmes (1994) 7 exemplaires
The Holmes-Sheehan Correspondence: The Letters of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Canon Patrick Augustine… (1976) 5 exemplaires
The Holmes-Einstein Letters: Correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Lewis Einstein 1903-1935 (1964) 4 exemplaires
The collected works of Justice Holmes : Vol. 3--complete public writings and selected judicial opinions of Oliver… (1994) 2 exemplaires
[Autograph letter, signed "OWH", to Lady Hibernia Castletown, on Wagner, a performance of Siegfried, and other matters] 2 exemplaires
Holmes-Pollock Letters The Correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Sir Edward Pollock 1874-1932 (Volume 1) (1941) 2 exemplaires
The collected works of Justice Holmes : Vol. 1--complete public writings and selected judicial opinions of Oliver… (1994) 1 exemplaire
The Pollock-Holmes Letters, Volume 1 1 exemplaire
Collected Works of Justice Holmes: Complete Published Writings and Selected Judicial Opinions of Oliver Wendell Holmes (1994) 1 exemplaire
The Mind and Faith of Justice Holmes = His Speeches, Essays, Letters, and Judicual Opinions 1 exemplaire
Letter to Harold Laski (in Law as Lit) 1 exemplaire
Opinion in Buck v. Bell (in Law as Lit) 1 exemplaire
The Mind and Faith of Justice Holmes: His Speeches, Essays, Letters, and Judicial Opinions 1 exemplaire
The dissenting opinions of Mr. Justice Holmes 1 exemplaire
Holmes-Laski Letters 1 exemplaire
Speeches 1 exemplaire
The Occasional Speeches of Justice 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1841-03-08
- Date de décès
- 1935-03-06
- Lieu de sépulture
- Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
London, England, UK - Études
- Harvard University (AB, LLB, LLD)
University of Oxford (DCL)
Yale University
University of Berlin
Williams College - Professions
- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1902-1932)
Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (1882-1899)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (1899-1902)
lawyer
professor
essayist (tout afficher 11)
poet
editor
lieutenant colonel, Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteers
captain, Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteers
military officer (United States army) - Relations
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. (father)
Pollock, Frederick (friend)
James, William (friend)
James, Henry (friend)
Howells, William Dean (friend)
Abbott, Henry Livermore (friend) - Organisations
- Supreme Court of the United States (Associate Justice, 1902-1932)
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1882-1902)
Phi Beta Kappa
Porcellian Club
Hasty Pudding Club
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (tout afficher 13)
Harvard Law Review
Metaphysical Club
Massachusetts Bar
American Law Review
Shattuck, Holmes, and Munroe
Harvard Law School
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts - Prix et distinctions
- Hall of Fame for Great Americans award
Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal
American Bar Association Medal
Membres
Critiques
This book presents a series of twelve lectures by the author on the nature, and history of law; and the judicial process.
Holmes spent the first ten years of his service on the Supreme Court known as "The Dissenter", and for most of the chamber discussion was literally holding his head in his hands in utter despondency.
As for "Negligence", he reminds us that "like ownership, [it] is "a complex conception". [115] Importantly, he finds the element of "public policy" in the concept. In other words, liability flows not merely from breach of a standard of care of the tortfeasor (fault), but upon public policy. 115. A "stricter rule" applies if damage is caused "by a pistol, in view of the danger to the public". 116. In other words, we analyze the burden on the victim in light of the benefit to the public. As Justice Traynor suggested, the necessity of "spreading the burden among those who benefit", arises from this public policy analysis. Unfortunately, jurors today (and in spite of Holmes and Traynor's best efforts) still find little help for applying this leg of liability.… (plus d'informations)
As for "Negligence", he reminds us that "like ownership, [it] is "a complex conception". [115] Importantly, he finds the element of "public policy" in the concept. In other words, liability flows not merely from breach of a standard of care of the tortfeasor (fault), but upon public policy. 115. A "stricter rule" applies if damage is caused "by a pistol, in view of the danger to the public". 116. In other words, we analyze the burden on the victim in light of the benefit to the public. As Justice Traynor suggested, the necessity of "spreading the burden among those who benefit", arises from this public policy analysis. Unfortunately, jurors today (and in spite of Holmes and Traynor's best efforts) still find little help for applying this leg of liability.… (plus d'informations)
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Holmes is the liberal Justice appointed to an archly conservative bench, and the author of the best opinions of the SCOTUS in his day, mostly Dissents. Harold Laski (1893-1950) was a political theorist and a leading British intellectual. Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics from 1926 until his death in 1950, he was a notorious figure loved and respected by students and colleagues alike. He knew both the great and the good, including Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt. Holmes berated him for trying to be a 'do-gooder'. He was a member of the Labour party and wrote many of its policies, influenced more by Stuart Mill than Marx. Laski was the author of "The Rise of Liberalism; the philosophy of Business Civilization" (1936) which shows that Status was replaced by Contract as the foundation of society and it accelerated the spread of prosperity.
The Letters are edited with erudition, and contain an INDEX of Names, and a Biographical Appendix (alas, omitting 'Holmes' or 'Laski').… (plus d'informations)
The Letters are edited with erudition, and contain an INDEX of Names, and a Biographical Appendix (alas, omitting 'Holmes' or 'Laski').… (plus d'informations)
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Highly recommended for pre-law students and intellectually curious non-lawyers.