Architect of Justice : : Felix S. Cohen and the Founding of American Legal Pluralism / / Dalia Tsuk Mitchell.

A major figure in American legal history during the first half of the twentieth century, Felix Solomon Cohen (1907-1953) is best known for his realist view of the law and his efforts to grant Native Americans more control over their own cultural, political, and economic affairs. A second-generation...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (384 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • PART 1: Longing to Belong, 1907-1933
  • 1. A Second Generation
  • 2. Multiple Destinies
  • PART II: Building a Pluralist State, 1933-1939
  • 3. A Time Ripe for Change
  • 4. Ideals and Compromises
  • 5. In Flux
  • PART III: New Frontiers, 1939-1941
  • 6. First Americans, Misfits, and Refugees
  • 7. The Intellectual Equipment of a Generation
  • PART IV: Re-Mapping the Terrain, 1941-1947
  • 8. Property in (Group) Conflict
  • 9. A Contract with America
  • PART V: Doubts and Hopes, 1948-1953
  • 10. In the Shadows of the Law
  • Epilogue
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index