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Arthur A. Thomas: A Hero Of A Valet, Todd C. Peppers Jan 2022

Arthur A. Thomas: A Hero Of A Valet, Todd C. Peppers

Scholarly Articles

During his time on the Supreme Court, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was the beneficiary of adulation from his legal secretaries (today we refer to them as law clerks) and young legal scholars, like Felix Frankfurter and Harold Laski. While the Justice basked in the warm glow of their hero worship, he was quick to point out to them that “no man is a hero to his valet.” The phrase was not original to Holmes, although the expression sounds like it sprang from his clever mind. The underlying meaning is simple—the servant tending daily to his employer sees flaws and …


Two Great Leaders, L.A. Powe Jr. Jan 2013

Two Great Leaders, L.A. Powe Jr.

NYLS Law Review

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Book Review: Reconstruction And Reunion, 1864-88, Part One, David S. Bogen Apr 2009

Book Review: Reconstruction And Reunion, 1864-88, Part One, David S. Bogen

David S. Bogen

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Holmes's Legacy And The New Constitutional History, Eben Moglen Jan 1995

Holmes's Legacy And The New Constitutional History, Eben Moglen

Faculty Scholarship

The most significant collaborative effort in the literature of American constitutional history, the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court of the United States, is nearing completion. A generation has passed since the appearance of the first volume, authored by Julius Goebel, Jr., and (after many vicissitudes affecting several of the works in the series) the appearance of this volume marks the antepenultimate stage. Though Professor Fiss's remarkable achievement deserves to be viewed primarily on the basis of its own merits as a study of the Fuller Court, a just appreciation of its contribution to the literature requires …


Book Review: Reconstruction And Reunion, 1864-88, Part One, David S. Bogen Jan 1972

Book Review: Reconstruction And Reunion, 1864-88, Part One, David S. Bogen

Faculty Scholarship

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