No right seems more fundamental to American life than freedom of speech. Yet well into the twentieth century that freedom was still an unfulfilled promise, with Americans regularly imprisoned merely for speaking out against government policies. Indeed, free speech as we know it comes less from the First Amendment than from a most unexpected source: Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. A lifelong skeptic, he disdained all individual rights, including the right to express one's political views. But in 1919, it was Holmes who wrote a dissenting opinion that would become the canonical affirmation of free speech in the United States.
Why did Holmes change his mind? That question has puzzled historians for almost a century. Now, with the aid of newly discovered letters and confidential memos, Thomas Healy reconstructs in vivid detail Holmes's journey from free-speech opponent to First Amendment hero. It is the story of a remarkable behind-the-scenes campaign by a group of progressives to bring a legal icon around to their way of thinking--and a deeply touching human narrative of an old man saved from loneliness and despair by a few unlikely young friends.
Beautifully written and exhaustively researched, The Great Dissent is intellectual history at its best, revealing how free debate can alter the life of a man and the legal landscape of an entire nation.
Автор: Budiansky Stephen Название: Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas ISBN: 0393634728 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780393634723 Издательство: Wiley Цена: 20380.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Oliver Wendell Holmes twice escaped death as a young Union officer in the Civil War when musket balls missed his heart and spinal cord by a fraction of an inch at the Battles of Ball's Bluff and Antietam. He lived ever after with unwavering moral courage, unremitting scorn for dogma, and an insatiable intellectual curiosity.
Named to the Supreme Court by Theodore Roosevelt at age sixty-one, he served for nearly three decades, writing a series of famous, eloquent, and often dissenting opinions that would prove prophetic in securing freedom of speech, protecting the rights of criminal defendants, and ending the Court's reactionary resistance to social and economic reforms.
As a pioneering legal scholar, Holmes revolutionized the understanding of common law by showing how the law always evolved to meet the changing needs of society. As an enthusiastic friend and indefatigable correspondent, he wrote thousands of personal letters brimming with humorous philosophical insights, trenchant comments on the current scene, and an abiding joy in fighting the good fight.
Drawing on many previously unpublished letters and records, Stephen Budiansky's definitive biography offers the fullest portrait yet of this pivotal American figure, whose zest for life, wit, and intellect left both a profound legacy in law and Constitutional rights, and who was an inspiring example of how to lead a meaningful life in a world of uncertainty and upheaval.
Автор: Holmes Oliver Wendell Jr. Название: Poems. ISBN: 1275672051 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781275672055 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 20920.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Holmes Oliver Wendell Название: Illustrated Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes: With Illustration by George Randolph Barse (Classic Reprint) ISBN: 1331137055 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781331137054 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 8800.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Excerpt from Illustrated Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes: With Illustration by George Randolph Barse When brave Miles Standish took the bowl, and filled it to the brim So john did all ink and well he worked that night at Bunker s Hill The ploughman. First in the field before the reddening sun Last zn the shadows when the day is done By yon twin sum/nits, on whose splinte crests The tossing henzlocks hold the eagles' nests mother's secret. And Mary culled the flaxen fibres white; Till eve she spun; the voiceless. We count the broken lyres that rest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Автор: Holmes Oliver Wendell Название: The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table ISBN: 1340737868 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781340737863 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 40690.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Название: Illustrated Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes ISBN: 1286394708 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781286394700 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 17240.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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Автор: Holmes Oliver Wendell, Kent James Название: Commentaries on American Law ISBN: 1375878530 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781375878531 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 21090.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Автор: Holmes Oliver Wendell Jr. Название: The Autocrat`s Miscellanies ISBN: 1258384558 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781258384555 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 45310.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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