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Book Review: 

John Phillip Reid, A Plot Too Doctrinaire (reviewing Morton J. Horwitz’s The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860), 55 TEXAS L. REV. 1307 (1977). 

Horwitz’s work is a comprehensive study of American private law prior to the Civil War.  Professor Reid praises Horwitz’s original contribution to American legal history; the book not only serves as an invaluable research tool, but also provides a keen insight into the complex variables affecting the synthesis of American law.  Reid’s only mild criticism of The Transformation of American Law is for its overly broad scope.