Professor Larson's Trials of Allegiance receives ABA Silver Gavel nomination

Professor Carlton F.W. Larson’s book The Trials of Allegiance: Treason, Juries, and the American Revolution is a finalist for an American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Media and the Arts. The Silver Gavel recognizes media that promotes a better understanding of the law and legal field.

Based on years of painstaking research by Larson, The Trials of Allegiance presents the law of treason as a new way to frame the American Revolution.

Carlton Larson's research interests focus on constitutional law and legal history, with a strong emphasis on the 18th century. He is one of the nation’s leading authorities on the law of treason.

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