Book contents
- Stereoscopic Law
- Stereoscopic Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Law and the Legal Profession
- Part II The Inner Path of the Common Law
- Part III The Purely Legal Point of View
- Part IV Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Bad Man
- Part V The Theory of Legal Study
- Conclusion
- Index
Part I - Law and the Legal Profession
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 January 2021
Book contents
- Stereoscopic Law
- Stereoscopic Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Law and the Legal Profession
- Part II The Inner Path of the Common Law
- Part III The Purely Legal Point of View
- Part IV Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Bad Man
- Part V The Theory of Legal Study
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
Using Brian Simpson’s Invitation to Law as an opening, Part I explores that basic idea that law is for lawyers. Law requires study, training, and reflection. Its development cannot rest on intuition alone. The paradigmatic double-sided question for professional growth is,“what is (the) law?” Taking this question as law’s leading query, this part explores the beginnings of Holmes’s jurisprudence and his early efforts to map the common law. It looks closely at Holmes’s understanding of a legal duty and a legal penalty and how he reshaped the Austinian heritage to develop his own notion of a jurisprudential boundary.
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- Stereoscopic LawOliver Wendell Holmes and Legal Education, pp. 15 - 46Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020