Felix S. Cohen
Felix S. Cohen · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Legal realist and founder of American Indian law; author of 'Transcendental Nonsense'
1907, New York City, USA — 1953, New York City, USA
United States
Felix S. Cohen is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Legal realist and founder of American Indian law; author of 'Transcendental Nonsense'
Felix S. Cohen was an American legal philosopher and a leading figure of legal realism, whose essay 'Transcendental Nonsense and the Functional Approach' critiqued formalist jurisprudence. As a government lawyer he was the principal architect of modern federal American Indian law and authored its foundational handbook. The son of philosopher Morris Raphael Cohen, he was Jewish.
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Legal realist and founder of American Indian law; author of 'Transcendental Nonsense'
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