Bernard Schwartz Dies at 74; Legal Scholar and Historian
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Bernard Schwartz, a legal scholar and prolific historian who helped lawyers and lay readers alike to fathom the inner workings of the American system of government and particularly those of the Supreme Court, died on Tuesday in Tulsa, Okla., where he had lived for the last five years. He was 74. He was struck by a car after stepping off a bus on his way to a restaurant and never regained consciousness. He was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s Hospital, said Martin H. Belsky, dean of the University of Tulsa Law School. The driver was questioned by the police at the scene and no charges were filed, Dean Belsky said. Mr. Schwartz served on the law faculty of New York University for 45 years before retiring in 1992 as Edwin D. Webb Professor of Law. He was later appointed the Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law in Tulsa. A native New Yorker, he was the author of more than 60 books, most of them in print, and hundreds of articles, about subjects ranging from the Napoleonic Code to Federal regulatory agencies. But his best-known writings focused on the Supreme Court and the mysteries behind the Justices and their thoughts. More : query.nytimes.com |