Law Without Values
| Author | : Albert W. Alschuler |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2000-12-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0226015203 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780226015200 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (200 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Law Without Values by : Albert W. Alschuler
Download or read book Law Without Values written by Albert W. Alschuler and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, Oliver Wendell Holmes has been praised as "the only great American legal thinker" and "the most illustrious figure in the history of American law." But in Albert Alschuler's critique of both Justice Holmes and contemporary legal scholarship, a darker portrait is painted—that of a man who, among other things, espoused Social Darwinism, favored eugenics, and, as he himself acknowledged, came "devilish near to believing that might makes right."
