Robert H. Bork (1927–2012) was an American jurist and legal scholar. Over his long and distinguished career he served as Solicitor General (1973–1977), Attorney General (October 1973–December 1973), and judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit(1927–2012). He was a Yale Law School professor and a Distinguished Scholar at the Hudson Institute.

Among his best known works are Slouching Towards Gommorrah (1996), Coercing Virtue: The Worldwide Rule of Judges (2003), and A Time to Speak: Selected Writings and Arguments: (American Ideals & Institutions) (2008).