Bibliograph

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., the Supreme Court and American legal thought, Sophie W. Littlefield, William M. Wiecek

Type

Label

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., the Supreme Court and American legal thought, Sophie W. Littlefield, William M. Wiecek

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

52388215

Responsibility statement

Sophie W. Littlefield, William M. Wiecek

Series statement

The library of American lives and times

Sub title

the Supreme Court and American legal thought

Table Of Contents

Growing up in Boston -- Serving in the Civil war -- A young lawyer and the common law -- Becoming a judge -- An appointment to the United States Supreme Court -- "Fundamental principles ... of our people and our law" -- Congress and child labor -- Free speech and the First Amendment -- World War I changes everything -- Final years

Target audience

pre adolescent

resource.variantTitle

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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