1st Edition

Justice Holmes and the Natural Law Studies in the Origins of Holmes Legal Philosophy

By Michael H. Hoffheimer Copyright 1992
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 1993. Not intended as a new biography of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes or as a critical study of his legal philosophy, this book’s intention is to help fill a gap in the studies of Holmes. Without denying the power with which Holmes reacted against intellectual traditions of the nineteenth century, the author hopes to show that natural law and transcendentalist philosophy formed... Read more
Chapter 1 Problems with the Holmes Problem; Chapter 2 Philosophy at College; Chapter 3 Search for Control; Epilogue;

Biography

Harold M. Hyman, William P. Hobby Professor of History Rice University.