The Common Law(book)
 Cover of the first edition ofThe Common Law. | |
| Author | Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
Publication date | 1881 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Paper |
| Pages | 480 |
| ISBN | 978-0486267463 |
The Common Lawis abookthat was written byOliver Wendell Holmes Jr.in 1881,[1]21 years before Holmes became anAssociate Justiceof theSupreme Court of the United States.
The book is aboutcommon lawin the United States, including torts, property, contracts, and crime. It is written as a series of lectures. It has gone out of copyright and is available in full on the web atProject Gutenberg.
One of the most famous aphorisms to be drawn from this book occurs on the first page: "The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience." Holmes's pronouncement is a subtle qualification of a dictum by the famous seventeenth-century English juristSir Edward Coke:"Reason is the life of the law."[2]
References[edit]
- ^SeeHolmes, O. W. Jr. (1882).The Common Law.London: Macmillan.Retrieved23 September2015– viaInternet Archive.
- ^Coke, E.,Commentary Upon Littleton(1628) 97b
External links[edit]
- The Common Lawby Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.,from the U. of Toronto Typographical Society.
- The Common Lawby Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'atProject Gutenberg
- The Common Lawby Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
The Common Lawpublic domain audiobook atLibriVox- Books That Shaped America:The Common LawC-SPANinterview withJeffrey Rosen,October 16, 2023.
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