{"product_id":"oliver-wendell-holmes-jr-susan-mary-grant-9780415656535","title":"Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: Civil War Soldier, Supreme Court Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003eOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., was one of the most influential jurists of his time. From the antebellum era and the Civil War through the First World War and into the New Deal years, Holmes' long life and career as a Supreme Court Justice spanned an eventful period of American history, as the country went from an agrarian republic to an industrialized world power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this concise, engaging book, Susan-Mary Grant puts Holmes' life in national context, exploring how he both shaped and reflected his changing country. She examines the impact of the Civil War on his life and his thinking, his role in key cases ranging from the issue of free speech in \u003ci\u003eSchenck v. United States\u003c\/i\u003e to the infamous ruling in favor of eugenics in \u003ci\u003eBuck v. Bell\u003c\/i\u003e, showing how behind Holmes' reputation as a liberal justice lay a more complex approach to law that did not neatly align with political divisions. Including a selection of key primary documents, \u003ci\u003eOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces students of U.S., Civil War, and legal history to a game-changing figure and his times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan-Mary Grant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415656532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415656535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Susan-Mary Grant","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086640066815,"sku":"9780415656535","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1b4292e-022b-44a9-b953-e8e9045670c8.jpg?v=1769095762","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr-susan-mary-grant-9780415656535","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}