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Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Free Speech and the Living Constitution
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Free Speech and the Living Constitution Author:H. L. Pohlman "Persuasive. A welcome addition." — The Journal of Legal History"A masterly exposition of the complex details of Holmes' Supreme Court work." — The Core ReviewIn this work, H.L. Pohlman calls for a new interpretation of Holmes as a moderate defender of free speech, and provides a window into Holmes' basic understanding of... more » American constitutionalism. Pohlman argues that Holmes played a crucial role in the development of the idea that the Constitution is a living entity, an idea that differed radically from nineteenth-century antecedents.« less