The legal conscience : selected papers of Felix S. Cohen

Book

The legal conscience : selected papers of Felix S. Cohen / edited by Lucy Kramer Cohen ; foreword by Felix Frankfurter ; introduction by Eugene V. Rostow.

Cohen, Felix S., 1907-1953 (Author). Cohen, Lucy Kramer. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0208008136
ISBN: 9780208008138
Physical Description: xvii, 505 pages : portrait ; 23 cm
Publisher: [Hamden, Conn.] : Archon Books, 1970.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Reprint of the 1960 ed.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-505) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: LOGIC, LAW, AND ETHICS -- What is a Question? -- Casuistry -- Modern Ethics and the Law -- Transcendental Nonsense and the Functional Approach -- The Problems of a Functional Juris prudence -- The Relativity of Philosophical Systems and the Method of Systematic Relativism -- Law and Language -- Field Theory and Judicial Logic -- Judicial Ethics -- Human Rights: An Appeal to Philosophers -- Law and the Modern Mind -- Bentham's Theory of Fictions and The Theory of Legislation -- Civilisation and the Growth of Law -- Fundamental Principles of the Sociology of Law -- An Introduction to the Sociology of Law -- Law as Logic and Experience -- An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation -- Legal Philosophy from Plato to Hegel -- THE INDIAN'S QUEST FOR JUSTICE -- Anthropology and the Problems of Indian Administration -- How Long Will Indian Constitutions Last? -- The Spanish Origin of Indian Rights in the Law of the United States -- Indians are Citizens! -- Indian Claims -- Original Indian Title -- Indian Self-Government -- Americanizing the White Man -- Indian Wardship: The Twilight of a Myth -- THE PHILOSOPHY OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY -- The Socialization of Morality -- Government and the Social Contract: Ethical Evaluations in the Law -- Colonialism: A Realistic Approach -- Mythology of Immigration -- The Role of Science in Government -- Science and Politics in Plans for Puerto Rico -- The Democratic Faith 41The Vocabulary of Prejudice -- Government by Judiciary -- The Folklore of Capitalism -- An Inquiry into the Principles of the Good Society -- The Alien and the Asiatic in American Law -- To Secure These Rights: The Report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights -- The Open Society and its Enemies -- Law and Social Action -- Equality by Statute: Legal Controls over Group Discrimination -- Civil Rights in Immigration.