Louis B. Boudin

The book, a defense of such orthodox Marxist tenets as the labor theory of value and historical materialism against their critics of the day, established Boudin's place as one of the foremost American authorities on Marxism among a generation of young political activists.

Boudin had left the project by this juncture, however, as a brief notice in the September–October 1918 issue indicated that he had resigned his position as an editor and member of the Socialist Publication Society owing to "differences concerning the policy of the magazine.

[6] In addition to working as a lawyer, winning several cases related to the rights of workers to organize trade unions,[2] Boudin also wrote the two volume, Government by Judiciary, revisiting a topic with which he had dealt in a previous shorter book.

While not influential with political activists of the period, Boudin's book remained in use among law students for decades, according to historian Paul Buhle.

[7] His papers reside at Columbia University in New York City and include the manuscript of an unpublished book, Order Out of Chaos, a study of economic crises.

His nephew Leonard Boudin was a civil-liberties attorney who represented clients like Daniel Ellsberg, Paul Robeson, Julian Bond, and William Sloan Coffin.

Kathy's son Chesa Boudin was the district attorney of the city of San Francisco until a voter recall removed him from office in June 2022.