The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/624312 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Common Law Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes Narrator: Robert Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 2, 2012 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., is considered one of the greatest justices of the United States Supreme Court and profoundly influenced American jurisprudence, especially in the areas of civil liberties and judicial restraint. At the same time, his abilities as a prose stylist earned him a position among the literary elite. In The Common Law, derived from a series of lectures given at the Lowell Institute in Boston, he systematized his early legal doctrines, creating an enduring classic of legal philosophy that continues to be read and consulted today. Beginning with historical forms of liability, it goes on to discuss criminal law, torts, bail, possession and ownership, contracts, successions, and many other aspects of civil and criminal law. This is a lucid, accessible, and continually relevant sourcebook for students and laymen alike.