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   Jul 16, 1992 · Abstract. Morton Horwitz’s The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860 won the Bancroft Prize in American History in 1978 and is considered one of the most significant books ever published in American legal history. A paperback edition is widely used in undergraduate American history courses and legal history courses in law schools.

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   Nov 30, 1991 · When the first volume of Morton Horwitz's monumental history of American law appeared in 1977, it was universally acclaimed as one of the most significant works ever published in American legal history. The New Republic called it an "extremely valuable book." Library Journal praised it as "brilliant" and "convincing."

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   Abstract: The Bancroft Prize-winning first volume of Morton Horwitz's monumental history of American law has become the standard source on the subject for the period between 1780 and 1860. Now, Horwitz presents The Transformation of American Law, 1870 to 1960, the long-awaited sequel that brings his sweeping history to completion.

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   Jan 1, 2001 · 3.91. 98 ratings12 reviews. In a remarkable book based on prodigious research, Morton J. Horwitz offers a sweeping overview of the emergence of a national (and modern) legal system from English and colonial antecedents. He treats the evolution of the common law as intellectual history and also demonstrates how the shifting views of private law ...

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6. digitalcommons.law.yale.edu › cgi › viewcontentMorton Horwitz Wrestles with the Rule of Law - Yale University

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   been cited 132 times.4 This is quite a tribute to a brief book review that was published more than three decades ago.5 Horwitz’s review is famous for criticizing Thompson’s statement, at the conclusion of Whigs and Hunters, that the rule of law is “an unqualified human good.”6 Horwitz’s criticism is important as a key statement within the

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   Is Morton Horwitz a good book?

   • Morton Horwitz’s The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860 won the Bancroft Prize in American History in 1978 and is considered one of the most significant books ever published in American legal history. A paperback edition is widely used in undergraduate American history courses and legal history courses in law schools.

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   What is Horwitz's view of the Warren Court?

   • Horwitz’s vision of the Warren Court seems consistent with his view of the rule of law as merely a qualified (or contingent) human good.

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   Why did Horwitz oppose Thompson's rule of law?

   • Likewise, Horwitz’s debate with Thompson largely boils down to his rejection of Thompson’s claim that the rule of law is an unqualified human good. Thompson insisted that whether or not law produced injustice in any individual case (or class of cases), a system of law as a whole promoted a more just and humane civilization.

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   Is Posner more disdainful of the rule of law than Horwitz?

   • In fact, Posner may be far more disdainful of the rule of law than Horwitz, first, because of his jurisprudential theory, which celebrates an unabashed “pragmatism,” and, second, because of his willingness to discard or balance away procedural protections and substantive rights to conduct the war on terror.

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   Apr 30, 1999 · “The men who made up the Warren Court changed America forever. Morton Horwitz has written the best accessible general history of how they did it.” ― Eben Moglin, Columbia Law School “In this modest and very moving book, Morton Horwitz summarizes the achievements of the Supreme Court under Earl Warren. . . . He provides a clear and ...

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