Robert H. Jackson : a life in judgment / G. Edward White.
2025
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Title
Robert H. Jackson : a life in judgment / G. Edward White.
Imprint
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Description
1 online resource (x, 391 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
Summary
"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 narratives of his life and career. Jackson's recollections of incidents in his life often contain arguments for why he chose to act as he did in controversial situations. He was also absorbed in his immediate family, which consisted of his wife Irene, son William, and daughter Mary, and concerned with recounting much of his family history, which stretched back to the arrival of his ancestors in Spring Creek in the late eighteenth century. This recounting of the life of Jackson will acquaint readers to his myriad accomplishments and the complexities and contradictions of his personality"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 10, 2025).
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Alternate Title
Oxford Academic
Language
English
ISBN
9780197778456 (electronic book)
0197778453 (electronic book)
9780197778463 (electronic book)
0197778461 (electronic book)
9780197778449 (electronic book)
0197778445 (electronic book)
9780197778432 (hardcover)
0197778437 (hardcover)
0197778453 (electronic book)
9780197778463 (electronic book)
0197778461 (electronic book)
9780197778449 (electronic book)
0197778445 (electronic book)
9780197778432 (hardcover)
0197778437 (hardcover)
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