Sir Frederick Pollock · Atlas

in the texts

The Law of Torts19th Century · English

Author of The Law of Torts, writing a dedicatory preface addressed to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

it is at its worst when the author, as has been common in law-books, writes of himself in the third person.

to the honourable oliver wendell holmes junr a jus ¶

of materials only, for a book on Torts added to a book on Contracts does not make a treatise on Obligations.

to the honourable oliver wendell holmes junr a jus ¶

But when his eye is caught, in the every-day advertisements of the first Boston newspaper he takes up, by these words—“Commonwealth of Massachusetts:

to the honourable oliver wendell holmes junr a jus ¶

Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England20th Century · English

Jurist whose critical characterization of the Trade Disputes Act is cited by the author as an impartial judgment.

The Trade Disputes Act as a whole, and especially the fourth section thereof, is best described in the words of Sir Frederick Pollock:

treatise on the purification of the mind ¶

The Genius of the Common Law20th Century · English

The author and lecturer, speaking in the first person throughout the closing address on the Common Law.

Our system is founded on precedent and respect for authorities.

viii the perpetual quest ¶

Let it be granted then that we speak as among lawyers who have some professional ambition.

viii the perpetual quest ¶

The learned reader may see a few examples collected in a footnote, Pollock on Torts, 8th ed.

viii the perpetual quest ¶

Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John20th Century · English

Legal historian quoted approvingly for the observation that Magna Carta gave England a capital, in reference to the fixing of common pleas at Westminster.

It is Westminster that Sir Frederick Pollock has in mind when he writes:

ii common pleas and royal pleas ¶