Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2007
Abstract
Felix Cohen and his work and legacy are discussed in several new books, including an important intellectual biography of Cohen by Dalia Tsuk Mitchell. Using the Mitchell biography as a starting point, this essay discusses an important episode in Cohen's life, involving apparent anti-Semitism at the Department of Justice. Because the episode is not fully explored in this otherwise excellent biography, Cohen and his motivations in Indian law remain a mystery in some respects. The essay also discusses some of the paradoxes of Cohen's key involvement in federal Indian policy and the contemporary importance of some of his legacies in American Indian law.
Publication Title
American Indian Law Review
Volume
33
First Page
583
Last Page
606
Recommended Citation
Kevin Washburn,
Felix Cohen, Anti-Semitism and American Indian Law. Book Review of Architect of Justice: Felix S. Cohen and the Founding of American Legal Pluralism by Dalia Tsuk Mitchell,
33
American Indian Law Review
583
(2007).
Available at:
https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/534
