Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Note on the Text xxxv
5. Chronology of Oliver Wendell Holmes’s Life xxxvii
6. Preface 1
7. Lecture I. Early Forms of Liability 3
8. Lecture II. The Criminal Law 37
9. Lecture III. Torts: Trespass and Negligence 71
10. Lecture IV. Fraud, Malice, and Intent: The Theory of Torts 118
11. Lecture V. The Bailee at Common Law 148
12. Lecture VI. Possession 186
13. Lecture VII. Contract: I. History 223
14. Lecture VIII. Contract: II. Elements 261
15. Lecture IX. Contract: III. Void and Voidable 278
16. Lecture X. Successions: I. After Death II. Inter Vivos 306
17. Lecture XI. Successions: II. Inter Vivos 334
18. Selected Bibliography 369
19. Glossary of Legal Terms 373
20. Table of Cases 375
21. Year Books and Early Cases 380
22. Index 383