The Fundamental Holmes: A Free Speech Chronicle and Reader Selections from the Opinions, Books, Articles, Speeches, Letters and Other Writings by an [Paperback]

This is the first anthology of Oliver Wendell Holmes's writings, speeches and opinions concerning freedom of expression.This is the first anthology of Oliver Wendell Holmess writings, speeches, and opinions concerning freedom of expression. Prepared by a noted free speech scholar, the book contains eight original essays designed to situate Holmess 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 U.S. Supreme Court opinions.This is the first anthology of Oliver Wendell Holmess writings, speeches, and opinions concerning freedom of expression. Prepared by a noted free speech scholar, the book contains eight original essays designed to situate Holmess 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 U.S. Supreme Court opinions.No figure stands taller in the world of First Amendment law than Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. This is the first anthology of Justice Holmess writings, speeches, and opinions concerning freedom of expression. Prepared by a noted free speech scholar, the book contains eight original essays designed to situate Holmess 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 U.S. Supreme Court opinions. The edited materials  spanning Holmess 18611864 service in the Civil War to his 1931 radio address to the nation  offer a unique view of the thoughts of the father of the modern First Amendment. The books epilogue, which includes a major discovery about Holmess impact on American statutory law, explores Holmess free speech legacy. In the process, the reader comes to know lóP