...Methods in Due Process Cases," American Political Science Review, May, 1918. "The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience. The felt necessities...time, the prevalent moral and political theories; institutions of public policy, even the prejudices which judges share with their fellow men, have had...

...foundation for his judicial work. Mr. Justice Holmes, in his brilliant book, "The Common Law," has said: "The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience." The public had the advantage ot Judge Putnam's stored up experience of more than half a century. He was,...

...Holmes, in his lectures of a generation ago on "The Common Law."8 He then wrote: "The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience. The felt necessities of the times, the prevalent moral and political theories, intuitions of public policy, avowed or unconscious,...

...which seems equally possible and effective. As Mr. Justice Holmes has put it: "The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience. The felt necessities...time, the prevalent moral and political theories, . . . even the prejudices which judges share with their fellow-men, have had a good deal more to do...

...the great law giver, and law flowing from any other source will not endure: The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience. The felt necessities...intuitions of public policy, avowed or unconscious, even prejudices which judges share with their fellow-men, have had good deal more to do than the syllogism...

...story is brought to light in some other passages of Justice Holmes. "The actual life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience. The felt necessities of the times, the prevalent moral and political theories, considerations of public policy, even the prejudices...

...there is a saying of Mr. Justice Wendell Holmes which is profoundly true: "The life of the law has not been logic.; it has been experience. The felt...time, the prevalent moral and political theories, intentions of public policy, avowed or unconscious, even the prejudices which judges share with their...

...predominant factor in the life of the law. Years ago Justice Holmes admonished us : The life of the law has not been logic : it has been experience. The felt necessities of the time, prevalent moral and political theories, intuitions of public policy, avowed or unconscious * * * have...

...predominant factor in the life of the law. Years ago Justice Holmes admonished us : The life of the law has not been logic : it has been experience. The felt necessities of the time, prevalent moral and political theories, intuitions of public policy, avowed or unconscious * * * have...

...The life of the law has not been logic : it has been experience. The felt necessities of the time, prevalent moral and political theories, intuitions of public policy, avowed or unconscious * * * have had a good deal more to do than the syllogism in determining the rules by which men should...