Felix Solomon Cohen (July 3, 1907 – October 19, 1953) was an American lawyer and scholar who made a lasting mark on legal philosophy and fundamentally shaped federal Indian law and policy.
Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal administration brought Cohen from academic study to public service.
Cohen was the drafter of the centerpiece legislation of this era, the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act.
The resulting book, published in 1941 as The Handbook of Federal Indian Law, became much more than a simple survey.
The Handbook was the first to show how hundreds of years of diverse treaties, statutes, and decisions formed a comprehensive whole.
Today, Cohen is credited with creating the modern field of Federal Indian Law.
Cohen had also become increasingly committed to fighting other forms of oppression, in particular to securing the rights of immigrants and ethnic minorities.