• 1976 Thomas J. Wilson Prize of Harvard University Press

He has read widely in many fields...[and] has gathered a rich harvest for any reader...a remarkable achievement.
   --Yale Law Journal

It is to be hoped that a wide audience will read it since the issues it raises are indispensable...Horwitz's book is written with a passion.
   --New York Review of Books

A thoughtful contribution to the continuing issue of whether and how much we are governed by our judges.
   --Library Journal

One of the five most significant books ever published in the field of American legal history.
   --William E. Nelson, Yale University

Morton J. Horwitz is a graduate of City College of New York and received a doctorate in Government and a law degree from Harvard University. Author of numerous articles in law and history, Mr. Horwitz is Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School, where he teaches legal history.