Table of Contents

Contents Introduction by G. Edward White Note on the Text Chronology of Oliver Wendell Holmes’s Life The Common Law Preface Lecture I. Early Forms of Liability Lecture II. The Criminal Law Lecture III. Torts: Trespass and Negligence Lecture IV. Fraud, Malice, and Intent: The Theory of Torts Lecture V. The Bailee at Common Law Lecture VI. Possession Lecture VII. Contract: I. History Lecture VIII. Contract: II. Elements Lecture IX. Contract: III. Void and Voidable Lecture X. Successions: I. After Death II. Inter Vivos Lecture XI. Successions: II. Inter Vivos Selected Bibliography Glossary of Legal Terms Table of Cases Year Books and Early Cases Index