Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: law and the inner self

ch. 1. Heritage

ch. 2. The Civil War

ch. 3. Friendships, companions, and attachments, 1864-1882

ch. 4. Coming to maturity : early legal scholarship

ch. 5. The common law

ch. 6. "An all round view of the law," 1882-1902

ch. 7. Travel and romance

ch. 8. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

ch. 9. The Supreme Court, 1903-1916

ch. 10. Recognition

ch. 11. The Supreme court, 1917-1931 : the "progressive" judge

ch. 12. The Supreme Court, 1917-1931 : free speech

ch. 13. Aging

ch. 14. A concluding assessment.