Part One: The Making of an American Legal Philosophy 3
1 Antecedents 3
2 From Doubt to Insight 23
3 The Outlines of an Original Theory 42
4 Morals and the Definition of Law 58
Part Two: The Formative Essays of Justice Holmes 77
Codes, and the Arrangement of the Law 77
Book Notices. The Law Magazine and Review 91
The Arrangement of the Law. Privity 95
The Theory of Torts 117
Primitive Notions in Modern Law 129
Primitive Notions in Modern Law. No. Ⅱ 147
Possession 167
Common Carriers and the Common Law 201
Trespass and Negligence 225
Notes 261
Bibliographical Essay 277
Index 283