The complete bibliography of Llewellyn's published works contains two hundred and forty-six items. The number is almost doubled when the unpublished manuscripts are added. In writing about Llewellyn selection is inevitable, and a strong element of subjectivity is necessary in such selection. This is particularly so when we are confronted with Llewellyn's shorter works and his unfinished projects. The writings discussed in this chapter concern the Sacco-Vanzetti case, the legal profession and legal education, and the unfinished project on Pueblo Indian law. If there is any connecting thread running through these diverse topics it is that they illustrate three phases of Llewellyn as a liberal intellectual. They have been chosen for the additional light they may throw on a variety of themes that have been explored in earlier chapters.

THE SACGO-VANZETTI CASE

The Sacco-Vanzetti case has a special place in history and legend. It is one of the best documented criminal cases in American legal history; no other American trial has stimulated such a literary outpouring of novels, plays and poems. The basic facts can be briefly summarized : on 15 August 1920, in South Braintree, Massachusetts, two men were murdered during the course of an armed robbery of a shoe factory payroll. The attackers got away in a car. Twenty days later Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian working-class immigrants, were arrested; in May 1921, Vanzetti was tried and convicted for offences committed in another hold-up; in July, 1921, both men were convicted on indictment for the South Braintree murders.