Robert H. Jackson : country lawyer, Supreme Court justice, America's advocate
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1575887738
ISBN 13
9781575887739
LCCN
KF8745.J27
DDC
347.73
Category
War Crimes
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Publication Year
2003
Publisher
Pages
xiii, 545, 184 pages
Subject
Holocaust ; Biography
Abstract
Mr. Justice Jackson was a country lawyer and was proud to be so named; but destiny called him to the larger life and the larger world; and the country lawyer became the member of the Supreme Court and the world figure of the International Trial at Nuremberg.
Description
Contents:
A COUNTRY LAWYER IN AN INTERNATIONAL COURT -- HERITAGE OF AN AMERICAN BOY -- UPSTATE LAWYER -- LAW AND POLITICS -- MR. JACKSON GOES TO WASHINGTON -- COUNTRY LAWYER IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL -- THE SUPREME COURT FIGHT: THE BACKGROUND -- THE COURT-PACKING FIGHT -- THE NEW YORK GOVERNORSHIP BUBBLE -- SOLICITOR GENERAL -- WASHINGTON POLITICS -- COUNSELOR TO THE PRESIDENT -- WAR COMES TO AMERICA -- MR. JUSTICE JACKSON -- THE BLACK CONTROVERSY -- THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP: A SIDELIGHT -- MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: AN APPRAISAL -- AMERICA'S ADVOCATE -- THE AGREEMENT OF LONDON -- OPERATION JUSTICE -- NURNBERG: THE DEFENSE -- THE AFTERMATH OF NAZISM -- WAR AND THE RULE OF LAW -- THE LEGACY OF ROBERT H. JACKSON -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPH -- INDEX
A COUNTRY LAWYER IN AN INTERNATIONAL COURT -- HERITAGE OF AN AMERICAN BOY -- UPSTATE LAWYER -- LAW AND POLITICS -- MR. JACKSON GOES TO WASHINGTON -- COUNTRY LAWYER IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL -- THE SUPREME COURT FIGHT: THE BACKGROUND -- THE COURT-PACKING FIGHT -- THE NEW YORK GOVERNORSHIP BUBBLE -- SOLICITOR GENERAL -- WASHINGTON POLITICS -- COUNSELOR TO THE PRESIDENT -- WAR COMES TO AMERICA -- MR. JUSTICE JACKSON -- THE BLACK CONTROVERSY -- THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP: A SIDELIGHT -- MR. JUSTICE JACKSON: AN APPRAISAL -- AMERICA'S ADVOCATE -- THE AGREEMENT OF LONDON -- OPERATION JUSTICE -- NURNBERG: THE DEFENSE -- THE AFTERMATH OF NAZISM -- WAR AND THE RULE OF LAW -- THE LEGACY OF ROBERT H. JACKSON -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPH -- INDEX
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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