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Holmes' failure. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.)

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From: Michigan Law Review
Date: 19971201
Author:Weinberg, Louise

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. Even where he recognized the import of concepts such as equity, he disregarded or left them virtually unexamined.

I. PRELIMINARILY

I have just set down the March 1997 Harvard Law Review, with its centennial celebration(1) of Oliver Wendell Holmes' The Path of the Law.(2) The Path of the Law is a ...

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