Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Free Speech and the Living Constitution

By H.L. Pohlman

Book Overview

"Persuasive. A welcome addition."
--The Journal of Legal History
"A masterly exposition of the complex details of Holmes' Supreme Court work."
--The Core Review
In this work, H.L. Pohlman calls for a new interpretation of Holmes as a moderate defender of free speech, and provides a window into Holmes' basic understanding of American constitutionalism. Pohlman argues that Holmes played a crucial role in the development of the idea that the Constitution is a living entity, an idea that differed radically from nineteenth-century antecedents.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814766226
• ISBN13: 9780814766224
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.7"