Robert H. Jackson : a life in judgment /

"Robert Houghwout Jackson (1892-1954) was a unique figure in American legal history. He was the last justice of the Supreme Court who did not attend college and whose law school experience consisted of only one year. Robert H. Jackson: A Life in Judgment is based on Jackson's own narrative...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	White, G. Edward (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:	Jackson, Robert H., > 1892-1954. United States. > Supreme Court > Officials and employees > Biography. United States. > Solicitor General > Biography. Judges > United States > Biography. Attorneys general > United States > Biography. Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949. Juges > États-Unis > Biographies. Procès successeurs, Nuremberg, Allemagne, 1946-1949. Procureurs généraux > États-Unis > Biographies. Lawyers & Judges. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 20th Century. United States. HISTORY. Legal History. LAW. Judges United States Biography & non-fiction prose. Biography. Electronic books. Biographies
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Table of Contents:

Launching himself in Jamestown
Family matters
Going to Washington
Solicitor General and Attorney General
The Supreme Court, 1941-1944
The Supreme Court, 1945
Nuremberg : preparation
Nuremberg : the trial
The Supreme Court, 1946-1952 : First Amendment cases
The Supreme Court, 1946-1952 : foreign relations cases
The Supreme Court, 1953 and 1954
The writer
Summing up.