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Flawed hero; American law; Oliver Wendell Holmes.(Books and Arts)(Brief Article)(Review)
From: The Economist (US)
Date: 20010224
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LAW WITHOUT VALUES: THE LIFE, WORK, AND LEGACY OF JUSTICE HOLMES.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES is an American icon, the very model of the crusty, wise old judge who also happens to be an intellectual giant. Author of America's most cited law-review article, famous dissenter on the United States Supreme Court, champion of civil liberties and the founder of legal pragmatism, the prevailing philosophy in American law, Holmes is as close to a judicial god as any country should want. The title of a popular biography, "Yankee from Olympus", captures the awe with which Holmes has been ...
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