The Great Dissent: How Oliver Wendell Holmes Changed His Mind--And Changed the History of Free Speech in America, Paperback - Thomas Healy

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DescriptionOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., has been called the greatest jurist and legal scholar in the history of the English-speaking world. In this ...

The Pragmatism and Prejudice of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. examines the varied categories scholars have used to describe the philosophy of Oliver W...

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