Abstract

In a review of The Black Book of Justice Holmes (2021), edited by Michael F. Hoeflich and Ross E. Davies, James comments on the nature observations of the celebrated jurist contained in the transcript of a commonplace volume maintained for decades. He further elaborates on Alger Hiss's concept of the Great Span--the connections across centuries forged by individuals of extraordinary longevity and celebrity--and applies it to Justice Holmes, his 1930 law clerk, and the present day.

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