Holmes, Oliver Wendell, and Lerner, Max

The Mind and Faith of Justice Holmes: His Speeches, Essays, Letters, and Judicial Opinions

Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1951. First Edition. 23 cm, 474, frontis illus., ink note on front endpaper, boards worn. Collection of various writings by Holmes (1841-1935), the United States Supreme Court justice, Civil War veteran, lawyer, U.S. legal historian, and philosopher, who was a leading advocate of judicial restraint. Holmes first used the concept of "clear and present danger" as the only basis for limiting free speech. Condition: good.

Keywords: Supreme Court, Justices, Civil War, Harvard University, Liberty, Communism, Police Powers, Wartime, Free Trade

[Book #24193]

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