Title: Almost there
Product review: It needed a hundred more pages, particularly in the begining when he was contrasting Liberalism and Republicanism at the theoretical level. Because of the brevety of the treatment of the subject he seemed to over implify some very fundanental issues. Further, I disagree with the conclusion he seems to imply that Holmesian jurisprudence created a basis for contemporary liberalism. It certainly seems to me that, although some of Holmes' work is liberal, the "Lochner" jurisprudence that he was reacting against represented true liberal (in the libertarian sense) orthodoxy, and that the likes of John Harlan (which he views as representing republican values) posited the more exspansive view of liberalism. All in all this is a good book, It just needed a little more development.
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