''Commentaries on American Law'' is a four-volume book by

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. It was adapted from his lectures at

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starting in 1794. It was first published in 1826 by O. Halsted and has been reprinted and revised many times since. A twelfth edition was edited by

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist and legal scholar who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932.Holmes was Acting Chief Justice of the Un ...

A fourteenth edition edited by John M. Gould was published in 1896, and a fifteenth edition edited by Jon Roland was published 1997-2002.

Reviews

In 1847, commenting on the fifth edition,Kent, J. Commentaries on American Law. 5th ed. 4 vols. 8vo. New York. 1844. J. G. Marvin said:

References

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