Cahn, Edmond Nathaniel, 1906-1964
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.Edmond Cahn was the author of numerous publications including The Sense of Injustice (1949), The Moral Decision (1955), and The Edmond Cahn Reader (1966). Cahn was born January 17, 1906, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received a bachelor of arts degree in 1925 and a doctor of jurisprudence degree in 1927 from Tulane University. He also received a doctor of laws degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1962. After his admission to the Louisiana bar in 1927 and the New York bar in 1928, Cahn established a law firm in New York City and practiced law from 1927 to 1950. He extended his career interests to the field of education and taught at New York University in 1945, accepting a professorship of law in 1948. In 1958 and 1962 he lectured on the philosophy of law at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and on ethics at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1961. From 1948 to 1951 he was the director of the Conference on Social Meaning of Legal Concepts. He was awarded the Phillips Prize in Jurisprudence by the American Philosophical Society in 1955. Cahn died August 9, 1964, in New York City.
From the description of Edmond Nathaniel Cahn papers, 1938-1990 (bulk 1949-1990). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477182092
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| referencedIn | Brennan, William Joseph. William J. Brennan Papers, 1945-1998. | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Brennan, William Joseph. William J. Brennan Papers, 1945-1998. | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| creatorOf | Cahn, Edmond, 1906-1964. Edmond Nathaniel Cahn papers, 1938-1990 (bulk 1949-1990). | Churchill County Museum | |
| creatorOf | Fuller, Lon L. (Lon Luvois), 1902-1978. Papers, 1926-1977. | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Fuller, Lon L. Lon L. Fuller papers. 1926-1977. | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Hugo LaFayette Black Papers, 1883-1976, (bulk 1926-1971) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Irving Brant papers, 1910-1977 | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Irving Brant papers, 1910-1977 | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Jerome New Frank papers, 1918-1972 (bulk 1929-1957) | Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives | |
| referencedIn | Jerome New Frank papers, 1918-1972 (bulk 1929-1957) | Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives |
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| correspondedWith | Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971. |
| correspondedWith | Brant, Irving, 1885-1976. |
| correspondedWith | Brennan, William J. (William Joseph), 1906-1997. |
| associatedWith | Frank, Jerome, 1889-1957. |
| associatedWith | Fuller, Lon L. (Lon Luvois), 1902-1978. |
| associatedWith | Hand, Learned, 1872-1961 |
| correspondedWith | Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966 |
| associatedWith | Jewish Theological Seminary of America. General Files. |
| associatedWith | Obermayer, Leon J., 1886-1984 |
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