Morris L. Cohen
Morris L. Cohen | |
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Bronx, New York, US | |
Died | December 18, 2010 , US | (aged 83)
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Law librarian, law professor |
Morris Leo Cohen (November 2, 1927 – December 18, 2010) was an American attorney who left the practice of law to become a law librarian and professor of law at the University at Buffalo, University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Law School and Yale Law School. Described by The New York Times as "one of the nation's most influential legal librarians", he wrote extensively about the history of law and helped organize and computerize the law libraries at Harvard and Yale.[1]
Cohen was born on November 2, 1927, in
His efforts to specialize in
While working as director of the law libraries of SUNY Buffalo, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and Yale, Cohen authored A Bibliography of Early American Law in 1998, a six-volume tome that he had worked on for over three decades that provided a comprehensive catalog of all legal works published in the United States before 1860.[1][3] His 1968 book Legal Research in a Nutshell was released in nine editions, the most recent in 2007. Other works he wrote or co-authored include Law and Science, A Selective Bibliography (1980), How to Find the Law (1983), Finding the Law (1989), Law: The Art of Justice (1992), A Guide to the Early Reports of the Supreme Court (1995), Bench and Bar: Great Legal Caricatures from Vanity Fair (1997) and Joseph Story and the Encyclopædia Britannica (2006).[2]
A resident of New Haven, Connecticut, Cohen died at the age of 83 of leukemia on December 18, 2010, at his home there.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Hevesi, Dennis. "Morris L. Cohen, Leader Among Legal Librarians, Dies at 83", The New York Times, December 25, 2010. Accessed December 27, 2010.
- ^ a b "Morris L. Cohen: Professor Emeritus of Law and Professorial Lecturer in Law" Archived 2011-01-07 at the Wayback Machine, Yale Law School. Accessed December 27, 2010.
- ^ a b c Lalwani, Nikita. "Morris Cohen, law librarian and Yale Law professor, dies" Archived 2011-01-07 at the Wayback Machine, Yale Daily News, December 26, 2010. Accessed December 27, 2010.