Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.â s dissents are influential because of their literary qualities of superfluity and energy he inherited from Emerson. The aesthetic style of his dissents reflects his theory of the common law that rejected depictions of fixed and unchanging rules in favor of an evolutionary view.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.â s dissents are influential because of their literary qualities of superfluity and energy he inherited from Emerson. The aesthetic style of his dissents reflects his theory of the common law that rejected depictions of fixed and unchanging rules in favor of an evolutionary view.
Allen Mendenhall is associate dean at Faulkner University Thomas Jones School of Law, executive director of the Blackstone & Burke Center for Law & Liberty, and editor of Southern Literary Review. (AllenMendenhall.com).
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Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Bibliography About the Author Endnotes