Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was nicknamed the Great Dissenter because of his many dissenting opinions. Holmes is also the author of Kent's Commentaries on the Law (1873) and The Path of the Law (1897).
Introduction to the Transaction Edition
Preface
LECTURE 1: EARLY FORMS OF LIABILITY
LECTURE 2: THE CRIMINAL LAW
LECTURE 3: TORTS.- TRESPASS AND NEGLIGENCE
LECTURE 4: FRAUD
MALICE
AND INTENT - THE THEORY OF TORTS
LECTURE 5: THE BAILEE AT COMMON LAW
LECTURE 6: POSSESSION
LECTURE 7: CONTRACT. - 1. HISTORY
LECTURE 8: CONTRACT. - 2. ELEMENTS
LECTURE 9: CONTRACT. - 3. VOID AND VOIDABLE
LECTURE 10: SUCCESSIONS. - 1. AFTER DEATH. - 2. INTER VIVOS
LECTURE 11: SUCCESSIONS. - 2. INTER VIVOS
Glossary of Legal Terms
Table of Cases
Year Books and Early Cases
Index