{"product_id":"oliver-wendell-holmes-jr-hardcover","title":"Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eG. Edward White\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnown as the \"Great Dissenter,\" Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. wrote some of the most eloquent opinions in the history of the United States Supreme Court. A brilliant legal mind who served on the high court into his nineties, Holmes was responsible for some of the most important judicial opinions\u003cbr\u003eof the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e Now, in this superb short biography, G. Edward White offers readers a lively, informative portrait of this singular individual. The book first sketches Holmes's early years--his childhood in Boston, his undergraduate years at Harvard (which his father and both grandfathers also attended), and\u003cbr\u003ehis valiant service in the Civil War, during which he was severely wounded three times. After the war, Holmes went into private law practice, wrote his landmark treatise \u003cem\u003eThe Common Law\u003c\/em\u003e in 1881, had a short tenure on the Harvard Law School faculty, and spent 20 years as a judge on the Supreme\u003cbr\u003eJudicial Court of Massachusetts before being named to the U.S. Supreme Court. The author focuses on his remarkable 30-year service as a Supreme Court Justice, beginning in 1902, and details Holmes's most significant cases--\u003cem\u003eAbrams v. United States, Northern Securities Co. v. United States, Lochner v.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York, Schenck v. United States\u003c\/em\u003e, and others--which limited working hours, set a mandatory minimum wage, protected women's rights, legalized labor unions, and defined freedom of speech. These decisions--as well as \u003cem\u003eThe Common Law\u003c\/em\u003e--are highly regarded to this day. \u003cbr\u003e A new volume in the Lives and Legacy series, this marvelous short biography offers an ideal introduction to a towering figure in American law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eG. Edward White\u003c\/strong\u003e is David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. His books include \u003cem\u003eOliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self, Alger Hiss's Looking Glass Wars\u003c\/em\u003e, and several other works of biography and law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 7.58 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753938420000,"sku":"9780195305364","price":75.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7e53e4a127cb31ae823ef11adc978fcf.webp?v=1780029939","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}