The Hidden Holmes His Theory of Torts in History |
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| Author:
| Rosenberg, David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-41848-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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Oliver Wendell Holmes is the acknowledged source of twentieth-century tort law, but David Rosenberg, in this bold book, takes sharp issue with the current portrayal of Holmes as a legal formalist in torts who opposed the notion of strict liability and dogmatically advocated a universal rule of negligence, primarily to subsidize industrial development.
Oliver Wendell Holmes is the acknowledged source of twentieth-century tort law, but David Rosenberg, in this bold book, takes sharp issue with the current portrayal of Holmes as a legal formalist in torts who opposed the notion of strict liability and dogmatically advocated a universal rule of negligence, primarily to subsidize industrial development.