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The Common Law, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

The Common Law, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Author
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935
Title
The Common Law
Credits
Produced by Stuart E. Thiel and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
K: Law in general, Comparative and uniform law, Jurisprudence
Subject
Common law
Category
Text
eBook-No.
2449
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2449
Release Date
December 1, 2000
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE COMMON LAW
  2. 2.By Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  3. 3.LECTURE I. — EARLY FORMS OF LIABILITY.
  4. 4.LECTURE II. — THE CRIMINAL LAW.
  5. 5.LECTURE III. — TORTS.—TRESPASS AND NEGLIGENCE.
  6. 6.LECTURE IV. — FRAUD, MALICE, AND INTENT.—THE THEORY OF TORTS.
  7. 7.LECTURE V. — THE BAILEE AT COMMON LAW.
  8. 8.LECTURE VI. — POSSESSION.
  9. 9.LECTURE VII. — CONTRACT.—I. HISTORY.
  10. 10.LECTURE VIII. — CONTRACT. II. ELEMENTS.
  11. 11.LECTURE IX. — CONTRACT.—III. VOID AND VOIDABLE.
  12. 12.LECTURE X. — SUCCESSIONS AFTER DEATH.
  13. 13.LECTURE X. — SUCCESSIONS INTER VIVOS
  14. 14.LECTURE XI. — SUCCESSIONS.—II. INTER VIVOS.
  15. 15.FOOTNOTES

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