John B. Minor Professor of Law and Professor of History (2003)

David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law (1986)

American Legal History, Intellectual History

Office Hours: N/A

Office: 361 Law

Phone: (434) 924-3455

Fax: (434) 924-7891

Email: gewvirginia.edu

Education

B.A. Amherst College 1963
M.A. Yale 1964
Ph.D. Yale 1967
J.D. Harvard Law 1970

Publications, Awards, and Activities

The Marshall Court and Cultural Change, 1815-1835. Macmillan, 1988.

Earl Warren: A Public Life. Oxford University Press, 1982, paper, 1986.

Tort Law in America: An Intellectual History. Oxford University Press, 1980; paper, 1985.

Patterns of American Legal Thought. Bobbs Merrill, 1978; paper, 1983.

The American Judicial Tradition. Oxford University Press, 1976; paper, 1978.

The Eastern Establishment and the Western Experience. Yale, 1968.

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 1984-85.

National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Fellowship, 1977-78, 1983-84.

Winner, American Bar Association Gavel Award, 1979, 1981, 1983.