The Bar as a profession, 1895.

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The Bar as a profession, 1895.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/235186311

Essay written as a rejoinder to Oliver Wendell Holmes' commentary on an earlier work by Russell, also titled "The Bar as a profession".The essaycompares the study of law in Great Britain and the United States. Signed by the author and dated September 1895. Also in folder is Russell's autograph, dated 15 October 1892.

6 sheets (6 p.) : handwritten; 33 x 20.5 cm.

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935

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Holmes was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the prominent writer and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and abolitionist Amelia Lee Jackson. Dr. Holmes was a leading figure in Boston intellectual and literary circles. Mrs. Holmes was connected to the leading families; Henry James Sr., Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalists were family friends. Known as "Wendell" in his youth, Holmes, Henry James Jr. and William James became lifelong friends. Holmes accordingly grew up in an atmospher...

Russell of Killowen, Charles Russell, baron, 1832-1900

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Russell, jurist and legal writer, served as attorney general (1886, 1892) of Great Britain and was appointed lord chief justice in 1894. From the description of The Bar as a profession, 1895. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235186311 British jurist; Lord Chief-Justice of England. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Tadworth Hall, Tadworth, North Epsom, to Arthur Sullivan, 1894 May 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126539 ...