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| Name: |
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. | | Birth Date: |
March 8, 1841 | | Death Date: |
March 6, 1935 | | Place of Birth: |
Boston, Massachusetts | | Place of Death: |
Washington, DC, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
jurist, legal writer |
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Biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
1,290 words, approx. 4 pages
 As a jurist and a legal writer, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935), contributed mightily to the debate in the early 20th century concerning the role of law in a rapidly changing America. The U.S. government is based on a document written in 1787,...


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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes
2,336 words, approx. 8 pages
 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. ( 8 March 1841 - 6 March 1935 ) American jurist; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court (1902 -1932) often called "The Great Dissenter"; son of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Abrams v. United States, 250 U.S. 616...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Information
3,288 words, approx. 11 pages
 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932. Noted for his long service, his concise and pithy opinions, and his deference to the...




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 Michigan Law Review
Holmes' failure. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.)
12/01/1997: 16,629 words, approx. 55 pages The failures of Oliver Wendell Holmes are rooted in his limited views and interests. Holmes' legacy is minimal, leaving a lifetime of work with no relevance for future generations. His concentration on an already less important common law limited his examination of constitutional issues....
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 The Historian
The Legacy of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (book reviews)
01/01/1994: 477 words, approx. 2 pages Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., has been "regarded as a great progressive, a liberal, a harsh totalitarian, a positivist, an early realist, an eternal soldier, and lately as a utilitarian and pragmatist. Some have found his ideas hopelessly contradictory; others have chimed to have...
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 AP News
Today in history - March 8
3/8/2007: 567 words, approx. 2 pages Today is Thursday, March 8, the 67th day of 2007. There are 298 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 8, 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) rammed and sank the USS Cumberland and inflicted heavy damage...
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Today in history - March 6
3/6/2007: 642 words, approx. 2 pages Today is Tuesday, March 6, the 65th day of 2007. There are 300 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:One hundred and fifty years ago, on March 6, 1857, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that Scott, a slave,...



Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by G. Edward White
16,367 words, approx. 55 pages
 In the following essay, White addresses apparent contradictions in Holmes's judicial actions and writings.
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Critical Essay by G. Edward White
11,684 words, approx. 39 pages
 In the following essay, White traces the concurrence of the tenures of Justices Holmes and Louis Brandeis with the rise of modern judicial liberalism.


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