The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "Lecture 1: Early Forms of Liability." Lowell Lectures. 23 Nov. 1880, Lowell Institute, Lowell, MA, USA.

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. The Common Law. Belknap Press, 2009, lecture 1.

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A quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. about legal theory: “The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience.”

A quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. about legal theory: “The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience.”

A quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. about legal theory: “The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience.”