Herbert Wechsler

Academic

1909 – 2000

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Who was Herbert Wechsler?

Herbert Wechsler was a legal scholar and former director of the American Law Institute. He is most widely known for his constitutional law scholarship and for the creation of the Model Penal Code. The Journal of Legal Studies has identified Wechsler as one of the most cited legal scholars of the 20th century.

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Born
Dec 4, 1909
New York City
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Columbia Law School
  • City College of New York
Died
Apr 26, 2000
Manhattan

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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