Felix S. Cohen PapersAddition 1927-1960 1931-1953

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Felix S. Cohen PapersAddition 1927-1960 1931-1953

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The Felix S. Cohen Papers Addition documents aspectsof Cohen's legal career as a civil servant, private attorney, and author, aswell as his social, political, and professional activities. Included are filesstemming from Cohen's work as a legislative draftsman and solicitor for theDepartment of the Interior, relating especially to Indian affairs and naturalresources, and his work as a private attorney, relating to Indian affairs,immigration, and voting rights, including his manuscript notes for oralarguments in the cases of Trujillo vs. Garley and Harrison vs. Laveen; filesrelating to Cohen's various writing projects, comprising articles and reviewsfor law journals and published works, including and ; and extensive files stemming from his activities with theSocialist Party and the National Lawyers Guild and, to a lesser extent, withvarious other social, political, and legal organizations, including the Leaguefor Industrial Democracy and the Institute for Living Law. Also found are someprofessional and personal papers. Ethical Systems and LegalIdeals The LegalConsicence

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Felix Solomon Cohen (1907-1953), lawyer; assistant and associate solictor, Department of Interior; professor of jurisprudence at Yale and The City College of New York; scholar on law, ethics and philosophy, and civil rights of Native Americans and other minorities. From the description of Felix S. Cohen papers addition, 1927-1960 (bulk 1931-1953). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702183050 From the description of Felix S. Cohen papers, 1916-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id:...

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Harrison, Frank

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