{"product_id":"the-path-of-the-law-and-its-influence-the-legacy-of-oliver-wendell-holmes-jr-paperback-9780521037464","title":"The Path of the Law and its Influence; The Legacy of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521037464","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Path of the Law and its Influence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Legacy of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrings together distinguished legal scholars to examine a seminal work in American legal theory.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteven J. Burton (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521037464, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 June 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e372 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.1 x 2.1 cm, 0.575 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...interesting, eccentric, learned, epigrammatic...\"   Appellate Practice Journal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935) is, arguably, the most important American jurist of the twentieth century, and his essay The Path of the Law, first published in 1898, is the seminal work in American legal theory. In it, Holmes detailed his radical break with legal formalism and created the foundation for the leading contemporary schools of American legal thought. He was the dominant source of inspiration for the school of legal realism, and his insistence on a practical approach to law and legal analysis laid the basis for the realists' later concentration upon the pragmatic and empirical aspects of law and legal procedures. This volume brings together some of the most distinguished legal scholars from the United States and Canada to examine competing understandings of The Path of the Law and its implications for contemporary American jurisprudence. For the reader's convenience, the essay is republished in an Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Steven J. Burton\u003cbr\u003e 1. Law as a vocation: Holmes and the lawyer's path Robert W. Gordon\u003cbr\u003e 2. The bad man and the good lawyer David Luban\u003cbr\u003e 3. Why practice needs ethical theory: particularism, principle and bad behaviour Martha C. Nussbaum\u003cbr\u003e 4. Theories, anti-theories and norms: comment on Nussbaum Dan M. Kahan\u003cbr\u003e 5. Traversing Holmes's path toward a jurisprudence of logical form Scott Brewer\u003cbr\u003e 6. Holmes on the logic of the law Thomas C. Grey\u003cbr\u003e 7. Holmes versus Hart: the bad man in legal theory Stephen R. Perry\u003cbr\u003e 8. The bad man and the internal point of view Scott J. Shapiro\u003cbr\u003e 9. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and William James: the bad man and the moral life Catherine Peirce Wells\u003cbr\u003e 10. Emerson and Holmes: serene skeptics Sanford Levinson\u003cbr\u003e 11. The path dependence of the law Clayton P. Gillette\u003cbr\u003e 12. Changing the path of the law Gillian K. Hadfield\u003cbr\u003e 13. Holmes, economics and classical realism Brian Leiter\u003cbr\u003e 14. Comment on Brian Leiter's 'Holmes, Economics and Classical Realism' Jody S. Kraus\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: the path of the law (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.)\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Jurisprudence \u0026amp; philosophy of law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Jurisprudence \u0026amp; philosophy of law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Jurisprudence%20\u0026amp;%20philosophy%20of%20law%20%5BLAB%5D%22\"\u003eLAB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006243164440,"sku":"9780521037464","price":35.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521037464i_e8199a38-cc96-408f-bf82-248a23db3965.jpg?v=1694968409","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-path-of-the-law-and-its-influence-the-legacy-of-oliver-wendell-holmes-jr-paperback-9780521037464","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}