Herbert Wechsler (December 4, 1909 – April 26, 2000) was a legal scholar and former director of the American Law Institute (ALI). He is most widely known for his constitutional law scholarship and for the creation of the Model Penal Code.
Wechsler entered City College of New York at the age of 16 and graduated in 1928 with a bachelor's degree in French. He enrolled at...