"A bracing work of scholarship that could inspire readers . . . A virtue of Main Currents in American Legal Thought is that Mr. Schwartz continually relates judicial opinions to what was happening in the country."
– "Books of the Times" in the New York Times

"A worthy and welcome addition to the literature of American Law. Careful documentation; comprehensive index. Highly recommended for all informed readers."
–Choice

"Professor Bernard Schwartz is well know to me and other members of the Supreme Court for the extraordinary range of his scholarship in constitutional law . . .[His] works reflect meticulous research into original sources, an inquiry that is so essential to a clear understanding of the meaning of the constitutional provisions that, in assuring the liberty and dignity of every person, distinguish our governmental system from all others. The quality of Professor Schwartz's work is exemplary."
– Associate Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., United States Supreme Court (from the 1988 Annual Survey of American Law) commenting generally on Professor Schwartz's scholarship