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P1:KNQ 0521866502pre CUNY525B/Kellogg Printer:cupusbw 0521866502 September26,2006 19:2 This page intentionally left blank i P1:KNQ 0521866502pre CUNY525B/Kellogg Printer:cupusbw 0521866502 September26,2006 19:2 OliverWendellHolmes,Jr.,LegalTheory,and JudicialRestraint Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., is considered by many to be the most influentialAmericanjurist.Thevoluminousliteraturedevotedtohis writingsandlegalthought,however,isdiverseandinconsistent.Inthis study,FredericR.KelloggfollowsHolmes’sintellectualpathfromhis earlywritingsthroughhisjudicialcareer.Heoffersafreshperspective thataddressestheviewsofHolmes’sleadingcriticsandexplainshis relevancetothecontemporarycontroversyoverjudicialactivismand restraint.Holmesisshowntobeanoriginallegaltheoristwhorecon- ceived common law as a theory of social inquiry and who applied his insights to constitutional law. From his empirical and naturalist perspectiveonlaw,withitsrootsinAmericanpragmatism,emerged Holmes’sdistinctivejudicialandconstitutionalrestraint.Kelloggdis- tinguishesHolmesfromanalyticallegalpositivismandcontrastshim with a range of thinkers, including John Austin, Thomas Hobbes, H. L. A. Hart, Ronald Dworkin, Antonin Scalia, and other leading legaltheorists. FredericR.KellogghasbeenVisitingScholarintheDepartmentof Philosophy at the George Washington University, Senior Fulbright FellowattheUniversityofWarsaw,andVisitingProfessoratMoscow State University. He is the author of The Formative Essays of Justice Holmes:TheMaking ofanAmericanLegalPhilosophy,aswellasnumerous articlesonlegalphilosophyandjurisprudence. i P1:KNQ 0521866502pre CUNY525B/Kellogg Printer:cupusbw 0521866502 September26,2006 19:2 ii P1:KNQ 0521866502pre CUNY525B/Kellogg Printer:cupusbw 0521866502 September26,2006 19:2 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Legal Theory, and Judicial Restraint FREDERIC R. KELLOGG iii cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb22ru,UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Informationo nthi stitle :www.cambri dge.org/9780521866507 © Frederic R. Kellogg 2007 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionof relevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplace withoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublishedinprintformat 2006 isbn-13 978-0-511-25831-2eBook (Adobe Reader) isbn-10 0-511-25831-3 eBook (Adobe Reader) isbn-13 978-0-521-86650-7hardback isbn-10 0-521-86650-2 hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofurls forexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication,anddoesnot guaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. P1:KNQ 0521866502pre CUNY525B/Kellogg Printer:cupusbw 0521866502 September26,2006 19:2 InmemoryofPaulA.FreundandElliotL.Richardson v P1:KNQ 0521866502pre CUNY525B/Kellogg Printer:cupusbw 0521866502 September26,2006 19:2 vi P1:KNQ 0521866502pre CUNY525B/Kellogg Printer:cupusbw 0521866502 September26,2006 19:2 Contents Preface page ix 1 ATimeforLaw 1 2 PlayingKing:ConnectionsandMisconceptions 10 3 Holmes’sConceptionofLaw 26 4 CommonLawTheoryRevisited 46 5 HolmesandLegalClassification 61 6 The General Theory of Liability 80 7 MoralsandSkepticisminLaw 100 8 Judges,Principles,andPolicy 118 9 CommonLawConstitutionalism 137 10 Holmes’sTheoryinRetrospect 157 11 Conclusion 171 Appendix 177 Bibliography 181 Index 195 vii P1:KNQ 0521866502pre CUNY525B/Kellogg Printer:cupusbw 0521866502 September26,2006 19:2 viii
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