Robert Bocking Stevens was born in 1933. He received his legal education from Oxford University and Yale University, and then practiced law in New York and London. In 1959 he began teaching at the Yale University Law School, where he became a professor of law in 1964. He also taught law at Oxford, the London School of Economics, Northwestern, Stanford, the University of Texas, and the University of East Africa. Stevens specialized in commercial law, jurisprudence, and legal history. In the 1960s he served as a legal and constitutional advisor to the East African Common Services Organization (E.A.C.S.O.) And its successor, the East African Community. These organizations managed the East African Common Market and various joint economic services provided for member states. The founding members were Uganda, Kenya, and Tanganyika (later Tanzania). Stevens also advised the Commission on East African Cooperation (C.E.A.C.), which oversaw the transition between the E.A.C.S.O. and the East African Community.
From the guide to the Robert B. Stevens Papers, 1961-1974, (Manuscripts and Archives)
