Morton J. Horwitz

Morton J. Horwitz is the Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School. His books include Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860; Transformation of American Law, 1870-1960: The Crisis of Legal Orthodoxy; American Legal Realism (ed. with W. Fisher and T. Reed); and The Warren Court and the Pursuit of Justice (1998).

Professor Horwitz is serving, and/or has served, on the following American Civilization dissertation committee(s):

“Postwar Liberalism and the Origins of Brown v. Board of Education” (Christopher Schmidt)

“The Intersection of Property and Slavery in Southern Legal Thought: From Missouri Compromise Through Civil War” (Albert Brophy)

Contact information:
- Harvard Law School