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"The completion of this project was greatly facilitated by the intellectual guidance and personal encouragement of Bob Cover. He was a man who practiced, but did not preach; a scholar, and a mensch." So reads the final acknowledgement in my book First Principles, Second Thoughts: Aborigina...

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Main Author: Schwartz, Bryan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1989
In: Journal of law and religion
Year: 1989, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 131-172
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Summary:"The completion of this project was greatly facilitated by the intellectual guidance and personal encouragement of Bob Cover. He was a man who practiced, but did not preach; a scholar, and a mensch." So reads the final acknowledgement in my book First Principles, Second Thoughts: Aboriginal Peoples, Constitutional Reform and Canadian Statecraft, which addresses the theory, law, and political practice concerning groups in Canada with special rights by virtue of their special history.The law and life of traditional groups was a fundamental concern for Bob Cover. His Nomos and Narrative is a masterful word portrait of how the understanding of rights in a traditional group is influenced by its historical myths and by its encounters with the moral and legal standards of the larger world. The article is one of the very few law review articles that deserve the name "literature." It could only have been written by an artist with an understanding and sympathy for the history and scriptures of a diverse array of traditional communities. It never degenerates into pedantic and empty abstractions. Its broad assertions are constantly illustrated, substantiated and vivified by reference to experiences and self-understanding of real human beings.
ISSN:2163-3088
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1051195