The Fundamental Holmes Collins Paperback Cambridge University Press

The Fundamental HolmesA Free Speech Chronicle and Reader Selections from the Opinions, Books, Articles, Speeches, Letters and Other Writings by and about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.\nAuthor(s): Ronald K. L. Collins\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521143899, 978-0521143899\nSynopsis\nNo figure stands taller in the world of First Amendment law than Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. This is the first anthology of Justice Holmes's writings, speeches and opinions concerning freedom of expression. The book contains eight original essays designed to situate Holmes's works in historical and biographical context. The volume is enriched by extensive commentaries concerning its many entries, which consist of letters, speeches, book excerpts, articles, state court opinions and [url] Supreme Court opinions. The edited materials spanning Holmes's [tel] service in the Civil War to his 1931 radio address to the na.