Levy, Leonard W(illiams)

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LEVY, Leonard W(illiams)

LEVY, Leonard W(illiams). American (born Canada), b. 1923. Genres: History, Law, Politics/Government. Career: Andrew W. Mellon All- Claremont Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Claremont Graduate School, California, 1990- (William W. Clary Professor of History, 1970-74; Mellon Professor and chairman, Graduate Faculty of History, 1974-90). Research assistant, Columbia University, NYC, 1950-51; member of faculty, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 1951-70 (Earl Warren Professor of American Constitutional History, 1958-70, dean of Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1958-63; dean of Faculty, 1963-66; chairman, Dept. of History, 1963-64, 1967-68; chairman, Graduate Program in the History of American Civilization, 1966-67, 1969-70). Publications: Law of the Commonwealth and Chief Justice Shaw, 1957; Legacy of Suppression, 1960; Jefferson and Civil Liberties, 1963; Origins of the Fifth Amendment, 1968 (Pulitzer Prize in History, 1969); Judgments: Essays on Constitutional History, 1972; Against the Law: The Nixon Court and Criminal Justice, 1974; Treason against God, 1981; Emergence of a Free Press, 1985; Constitutional Opinions, 1986; The Establishment Clause, 1986, rev, ed., 1994; Original Intent and the Framers' Constitution, 1990; Supplement I to Encyclopedia of American Constitution, 1992; Blasphemy: Verbal Offense against the Sacred, 1993; Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, 4 vols., 1993; Seasoned Judgments, 1994; A License to Steal, 1996; Origins of the Bill of Rights, 1999; Palladium of Justice, 1999; Ranters Run Amok, 2000; A Bookish Life, 2003; Aspects of Liberty, 2004; Facets of Freedom, 2004; A History of the Fourth Amendment, 2004. EDITOR: (with M.D. Peterson) Major Crises in American History, 1963; (with J.P. Roche) The American Political Process, 1963; (with Roche) The Presidency, 1964; (with Roche) The Congress, 1964; (with Roche) The Judiciary, 1964; (with Roche) Political Parties and Pressure Groups, 1964; Freedom of Press from Zenger to Jefferson, 1966; American Constitutional Law, 1966; Judicial Review and the Supreme Court, 1967; (co-) Freedom and Reform, 1967; Essays on the Making of the Constitution, 1969; The 14th Amendment and the Bill of Rights, 1971; The Supreme Court under Warren, 1972; Blasphemy in Massachusetts, 1973; Jim Crow Education, 1974; Essays on the Early Republic, 1974; (in-chief) Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, 4 vols., 1986. Address: 1025 Timberline Terr, Ashland, OR 97520, U.S.A.