The Common Law is a classic work from the great Supreme Court Justice, Oliver Wendell Holmes. In The Common Law, Holmes examines many aspects of the common law giving great attention to the historical perspective and precedence and its influence on modern common law. In this work you will lengthy discussions on several areas of law including: liability, criminal laws, torts, contracts, and successions. Extensively annotated, this edition of The Common Law will make great reading for any lawyer or student of the law.

　Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., （August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894） was a physician by profession but achieved fame as a writer; he was one of the best regarded American fireside poets of the 19th century.

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LECTURE I.EARLY FORMS OF LIABILITY.
LECTURE II.THE CRIMINAL LAW.
LECTURE III.TORTS. -- TRESPASS AND NEGLIGENCE.
LECTURE IV.FRAUD, MALICE, AND INTENT.- THE THEORY OF TORTS.
[164] LECTURE V.THE BAILEE AT COMMON LAW.
[206] LECTURE VI.POSSESSION.
[247] LECTURE VII.CONTRACT. -- I. HISTORY.
CONTRACT. II. ELEMENTS.
CONTRACT.- III. VOID AND VOIDABLE.
SUCCESSIONS AFTER DEATH.
LECTURE X.SUCCESSIONS INTER VIVOS
SUCCESSIONS. -- II. INTER VIVOS.
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III. 11, pl. 1; S.C., Bro. Pledges, pl. 3; 9 Hen. V. 14, pl. 23.265/1 Y.B. 17 Ed. III. 48 b, pl. 14. Cf. Fortescue (Amos), 67,　n.; 3 Bl. Comm. 295.
270/2 Y.B. 43 Ed. III. 2, pl. 5; 46 Ed. III. 25, pl. 10; 50 Ed.
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