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The Common Law — Oliver Wendell Holmes

The Common Law

Oliver Wendell Holmes

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 318 pages

The Common Law is a collection of lectures by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., first published in 1881. It traces how common-law doctrines on liability, property, contracts, and crime developed from experience and social needs rather than pure logic. It remains valuable for listeners interested in legal history and the foundations of Anglo-American law.

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Contents

  1. THE COMMON LAW
  2. LECTURE I. — EARLY FORMS OF LIABILITY.
  3. LECTURE II. — THE CRIMINAL LAW.
  4. LECTURE III. — TORTS.—TRESPASS AND NEGLIGENCE.
  5. LECTURE IV. — FRAUD, MALICE, AND INTENT.—THE THEORY OF TORTS.
  6. LECTURE V. — THE BAILEE AT COMMON LAW.
  7. LECTURE VI. — POSSESSION.
  8. LECTURE VII. — CONTRACT.—I. HISTORY.
  9. LECTURE VIII. — CONTRACT. II. ELEMENTS.
  10. LECTURE IX. — CONTRACT.—III. VOID AND VOIDABLE.
  11. LECTURE X. — SUCCESSIONS AFTER DEATH.
  12. LECTURE X. — SUCCESSIONS INTER VIVOS
  13. LECTURE XI. — SUCCESSIONS.—II. INTER VIVOS.
  14. FOOTNOTES
  15. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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