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The Path of the Law. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. 10 Harvard Law Review 457 (1897) W. HEN we study law we are not studying a mystery but a well- known profession. We are studying what we shall want in order to appear before judges, or to advise people in such a way as to keep them out of court.
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broader legal fields, for comparative and historical perspective – the civil law, the Roman law, and the law of nations – and in liberal studies outside the law: classics, literature, the history of ancient and modern republics.
The Common Law opens with the most famous American legal quotation: “The life of the law has not been logic, it has been experience.” Holmes later developed this theme theoretically in his 1897 essay, The Path of the Law .
17 de jun. de 2024 · 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.
In the essay Holmes builds on the themes of The Common Law, which included his disassociation of law from morality and his emphasis on policy over logic. He went on to define the law as a prediction of what the courts would do in a particular situation.
Introduction. In the "Path of the Law," a lecture delivered to students at Boston University in the winter of 1897, Holmes began by echoing the common- place, anodyne theme of Langdell, Harvard's librarian and dean, and his Cases on Contracts ([1871 ] i; [1880] Appendix).
3 de fev. de 2009 · In The Path of the Law, Holmes discusses his personal philosophy on legal practice. The Common Law is a series of lectures that established Holmes’s reputation as a witty and articulate writer. J. Craig Williams is the founding member of WLF The Williams Lindberg Law Firm, PC.
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