[2] His works are mainly devoted to the history of justice and legal professions, as well as to that of men and the political and judicial branches of the French Revolution.
[3][4] Leuwers was influenced by Gérard Walter, Henri Guillemin, and Norman Hampson.
[6] He published a biography on Robespierre (2014), which offers new analyses, including the importance of the thought of Montesquieu on the deputies in the convention.
He demystified some legends, such as that of the meeting of Louis XVI and the young Robespierre in front of Louis-le-Grand in 1775.
Hervé Leuwers has been the director of the historical Record of the French Revolution from 2011 to 2018.