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Much 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

The Common Law

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      Publisher Harvard University Press
      Published 1 April 2009
      ISBN-13 9780674034020
      978-0674034020
      ISBN-10 0674034023
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      Jurisprudence and general issues

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Much 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

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