Description
Book SynopsisMuch more than an historical examination of liability, criminal law, torts, bail, possession and ownership, and contracts,
The Common Law articulates the ideas and judicial theory of one of the greatest justices of the Supreme Court.
Table of Contents* Introduction G. Edward White * Note on the Text * Chronology of Oliver Wendell Holmes's Life The Common Law * Preface * Lecture I. Early Forms of Liability * Lecture II. The Criminal Law * Lecture III. Torts: Trespass and Negligence * Lecture V. The Bailee at Common Law * Lecture VI. Possession * Lecture VII. Contract: I. History * Lecture VIII. Contract: II. Elements * Lecture IX. Contract: III. Void and Voidable * Lecture X. Successions: I. After Death II. Inter Vivos * Lecture XI. Successions: II. Inter Vivos * Selected Bibliography * Glossary of Legal Terms * Table of Cases * Year Books and Early Cases * Index
