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The Common Law

Name: The Common Law
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Read by Thomas H. Burton · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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01 - LECTURE I. — EARLY FORMS OF LIABILITY. (1:06:07)
02 - LECTURE II. — THE CRIMINAL LAW. (1:09:39)
03 - LECTURE III. — TORTS.—TRESPASS AND NEGLIGENCE. (1:38:17)
04 - LECTURE IV. — FRAUD, MALICE, AND INTENT.—THE THEORY OF TORTS. (1:11:02)
05 - LECTURE V. — THE BAILEE AT COMMON LAW. (1:13:29)
06 - LECTURE VI. — POSSESSION. (1:09:36)
07 - LECTURE VII. — CONTRACT.—I. HISTORY. (1:12:01)
08 - LECTURE VIII. — CONTRACT. II. ELEMENTS. (33:54)
09 - LECTURE IX. — CONTRACT.—III. VOID AND VOIDABLE. (57:49)
10 - LECTURE X. — SUCCESSIONS AFTER DEATH. SUCCESSIONS INTER VIVOS. (54:36)
11 - LECTURE XI. — SUCCESSIONS.—II. INTER VIVOS. (1:10:17)

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