Robert Cover
Robert Cover · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Legal scholar of law and narrative; author of the influential essay 'Nomos and Narrative'
1943, Boston, Massachusetts, USA — 1986, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
United States
Robert Cover is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Legal scholar of law and narrative; author of the influential essay 'Nomos and Narrative'
Robert M. Cover was an American legal scholar at Yale Law School whose essay 'Nomos and Narrative' (1983) argued that law lives within the narratives and normative worlds of communities, profoundly influencing legal theory. A civil-rights activist, he drew on Jewish law and thought in his work. He was Jewish and religiously observant.
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Legal scholar of law and narrative; author of the influential essay 'Nomos and Narrative'
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Law & Jurisprudence
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