Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court. Charles Fairman's copy.
Charles Fairman's Copy Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1938. Third printing. 139 pp. Frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth bound hardcover, with gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities with minor wear to corners. Ownership signature of Charles Fairman to front free endpaper. internally clean. A very good copy. $50. * Explores how Holmes's opinions addressed major social and economic conflicts of a rapidly changing America. Contents: Introductory.; Property and Society.; Civil Liberties and the Individual.; The Federal System.; Appendices: I. Cases Holding State Action Invalid Under the Fourteenth Amendment.; II. Geographic Distribution of State Action Held Invalid in Supreme Court Decisions Under the Fourteenth Amendment. Charles Fairman [1897-1988] was a distinguished law professor, historian and political scientist. Mentored by Frankfurter while obtaining his S.J.D. at Harvard, he went on to hold a number of academic positions at Stanford University, Stanford Law School, Washington University School of Law and Harvard Law School, among other institutions. Among other works, he authored volumes six and seven of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the United States Supreme Court.
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