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THE ORDER OF THE COIF

THE COIF BOOK AWARD

The Order of the Coif Book Award was established in 1961as a Triennial award. The
first award covered the publication period 1961-1963 and was presented in January 1964.
In 2004 the Executive Committee voted to change the award to a Biennial award.

1964 Brainerd Currie (Duke University) SELECTED ESSAYS ON THE CONFLICT OF LAWS (Durham: Duke University Press, 1963)

1967 Grant Gilmore (Yale University SECURITY INTERESTS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY (Boston: Little, Brown & Co. 1965)

1970 John P. Dawson (Harvard University)
Herbert L. Packer (Stanford University)
THE ORACLES OF LAW ( Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Law School, 1968)
THE LIMITS OF CRIMINAL SANCTION (Palo Alto, CA Stanford University Press, 1968)

1973 John Rawls (Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University) A THEORY OF JUSTICE (Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971)

1976 Lawrence M. Friedman (Stanford University) A HISTORY OF AMERICAN LAW: THE LEGAL SYSTEM: A SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1973)

1979 James Williard Hurst (University of Wisconsin)
Laurence H. Tribe (Harvard University)
LAW & SOCIAL ORDER IN THE UNITED STATES (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1977)
AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (Mineola, N.Y.: Foundation Press, 1978)

1982 Jesse H. Choper (University of California, Berkeley)
John Hart Ely (StanfordUniversity
JUDICIAL REVIEW AND THE NATIONAL POLITICAL PROCESS: A FUNCTIONAL RECONSIDERATION OF THE ROLE OF THE SUPREME COURT (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980)
DEMOCRACY AND DISTRUST: A THEORY OF JUDICIAL REVIEW (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1980)

1987 Guido Calabresi (Yale University) A COMMON LAW FOR THE AGE OF STATUTES (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982)

1990 Ronald Dworkin (New York University) LAWS EMPIRE (Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1986)

1993 Mary Ann Glendon (Harvard University) THE TRANSFORMATION OF FAMILY LAW: STATE, LAW, AND FAMILY IN THE UNITED STATES AND WESTERN EUROPE (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989)

1996 Robert C. Ellickson (Yale University)
G. Edward White (University of Virginia)
ORDER WITHOUT LAW: HOW NEIGHBORS SETTLE DISPUTES (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1991)
JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES: LAW AND THE INNER SELF (New York: Ooxford University Press, 1993)

1999 Gerald Gunther (Stanford University) LEARNED HAND: THE MAN AND THE JUDGE (New York: Knopf, 1994)

2002 Jerry Mashaw (Yale University) GREED, CHAOS, AND GOVERNANCE: USING PUBLIC CHOICE TO IMPROVE PUBLIC LAW (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999)

2004 Charles W. McCurdy (University of Virginia)
Edward A. Purcell, Jr. (New York Law School),
THE ANTI-RENT ERA IN NEW YORK LAW AND POLITICS,1839-1865 (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2001)
BRANDEIS AND THE PROGRESSIVE CONSTITUTION: ERIE, THE JUDICIAL POWER,AND THE POLITICS OF THE FEDERAL COURTS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA (New Haven:Yale University Press, 2000)

2006 John H., Langbein (Yale University) THE ORIGINS OF ADVERSARY CRIMINAL TRIAL (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003)

2008 Holly Brewer (North Carolina State University) BY BIRTH OR CONSENT: THE ANGLO AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN AUTHORITY (University of North Carolina Press 2005)

1964	Brainerd Currie (Duke University)	SELECTED ESSAYS ON THE CONFLICT OF LAWS (Durham: Duke University Press, 1963)
1967	Grant Gilmore (Yale University	SECURITY INTERESTS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY (Boston: Little, Brown & Co. 1965)
1970	John P. Dawson (Harvard University) Herbert L. Packer (Stanford University)	THE ORACLES OF LAW ( Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Law School, 1968) THE LIMITS OF CRIMINAL SANCTION (Palo Alto, CA Stanford University Press, 1968)
1973	John Rawls (Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University)	A THEORY OF JUSTICE (Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971)
1976	Lawrence M. Friedman (Stanford University)	A HISTORY OF AMERICAN LAW: THE LEGAL SYSTEM: A SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1973)
1979	James Williard Hurst (University of Wisconsin) Laurence H. Tribe (Harvard University)	LAW & SOCIAL ORDER IN THE UNITED STATES (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1977) AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (Mineola, N.Y.: Foundation Press, 1978)
1982	Jesse H. Choper (University of California, Berkeley) John Hart Ely (StanfordUniversity	JUDICIAL REVIEW AND THE NATIONAL POLITICAL PROCESS: A FUNCTIONAL RECONSIDERATION OF THE ROLE OF THE SUPREME COURT (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980) DEMOCRACY AND DISTRUST: A THEORY OF JUDICIAL REVIEW (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1980)
1987	Guido Calabresi (Yale University)	A COMMON LAW FOR THE AGE OF STATUTES (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982)
1990	Ronald Dworkin (New York University)	LAWS EMPIRE (Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1986)
1993	Mary Ann Glendon (Harvard University)	THE TRANSFORMATION OF FAMILY LAW: STATE, LAW, AND FAMILY IN THE UNITED STATES AND WESTERN EUROPE (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989)
1996	Robert C. Ellickson (Yale University) G. Edward White (University of Virginia)	ORDER WITHOUT LAW: HOW NEIGHBORS SETTLE DISPUTES (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1991) JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES: LAW AND THE INNER SELF (New York: Ooxford University Press, 1993)
1999	Gerald Gunther (Stanford University)	LEARNED HAND: THE MAN AND THE JUDGE (New York: Knopf, 1994)
2002	Jerry Mashaw (Yale University)	GREED, CHAOS, AND GOVERNANCE: USING PUBLIC CHOICE TO IMPROVE PUBLIC LAW (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999)
2004	Charles W. McCurdy (University of Virginia) Edward A. Purcell, Jr. (New York Law School),	THE ANTI-RENT ERA IN NEW YORK LAW AND POLITICS,1839-1865 (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2001) BRANDEIS AND THE PROGRESSIVE CONSTITUTION: ERIE, THE JUDICIAL POWER,AND THE POLITICS OF THE FEDERAL COURTS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA (New Haven:Yale University Press, 2000)
2006	John H., Langbein (Yale University)	THE ORIGINS OF ADVERSARY CRIMINAL TRIAL (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003)
2008	Holly Brewer (North Carolina State University)	BY BIRTH OR CONSENT: THE ANGLO AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN AUTHORITY (University of North Carolina Press 2005)