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

by Michael H. Hoffheimer

Overview

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 important vital sources of his mature legal theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815308966
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/01/1992
Series:	Distinguished Studies in American Legal and Constitutional History , #4
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Problems with the Holmes Problem; Chapter 2 Philosophy at College; Chapter 3 Search for Control; Epilogue;