Judging Holmes

Law Without Values: The Life, Work, and Legacy of Justice Holmes, by Albert W. Alschuler (Chicago, 325 pp., $30)

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., the author informs us at the beginning of his book, “is the only justice of the Supreme Court to have been the subject of a bestselling historical novel, a hit Broadway play, and a motion picture. A mountain in Alaska bears his name, and when letters could be mailed for 15 cents, he peered from their corners on purple postage stamps.”

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Ramesh Ponnuru

Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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Law Without Values: The Life, Work, and Legacy of Justice Holmes, by Albert W. Alschuler (Chicago, 325 pp., $30)

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., the author informs us at the beginning of his book, “is the only justice of the Supreme Court to have been the subject of a bestselling historical novel, a hit Broadway play, and a motion picture. A mountain in Alaska bears his name, and when letters could be mailed for 15 cents, he peered from their corners on purple postage stamps.”