“That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to Reason.” — from Jackson's Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal

Speeches Related to Robert H. Jackson


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Reflections on Nuremberg Trial
by Norbert Ehrenfreund
Judge of the Superior Court, Ret.
State of California
June 13, 2005

Resolutions in Honor of the Memory of the Late Associate Justice Robert Houghwout Jackson of the Supreme Court of the United States

Mr. Justice Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954) An Attempt To Place Him Into Some Historical Perspective
by Professor Henry Abraham

Dedication of the Robert H. Jackson Elementary School
Frewsburg, New York
October 19, 1958

Crimes Against Humanity. Nuremberg, 1946
Keynote Address for the 1996 Days of Remembrance
By Stephen G. Breyer,
Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court

Justice Jackson, Where are You When We Need You?
by James M. Dunn
Visiting Professor of Christianity and Public Policy
Wake Forest University

In Memory of Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson
Address of Paul A. Freund At a Meeting Of the Bar Of The Supreme Court Of The United States, 1955

Nuremberg:  Memorial to Robert H. Jackson
by Father Moritz Fuchs

A Tribute to a Great American Lawyer
by Eugene C. Gerhart

America's Advocate
by Eugene Gerhart, Esq.
First Annual Robert H. Jackson Symposium
May, 2001

Justice Robert H. Jackson and Segregation: A Study of the Limitations and Proper Basis of Judicial Action
by Professor Jeffrey Hockett

Robert H. Jackson, The Consummate Professional
by the Honorable Michael E. Keasler

The Evolution of Global Justice
by Professor Henry T. King, Jr.

Robert Jackson and International Human Rights
by Professor Henry T. King, Jr.

The Impact of Nuremberg on Global Justice and Security: Human Rights
by Professor Henry T. King, Jr.

Robert Jackson's Place in History: Nuremberg Revisited
by Professor Henry T. King, Jr.

The Impact of Nuremberg on Global Justice and Security: Sovereignty
by Professor Henry T. King, Jr.

Nuremberg and the International Court
by Professor Henry T. King, Jr.

The Nuremberg Context From the Eyes of a Participant
by Professor Henry T. King, Jr.

The Genial Justice: Robert H. Jackson
by James M. Marsh

Dedication of the Statue of Associated Justice Robert H. Jackson
by Sandra Day O’Connor
Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States
Jamestown, New York

Recollections on Nuremberg
by Lars H. Ottoson

Thoughts on Justice Jackson's Unpublished Opinion of Brown v. Board of Education
by E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr.
Athenaeum Hotel
Chautauqua, New York

Brown V. Board of Education Week
by Nicholas deB. Katzenbach
Athenaeum Hotel
Chautauqua, New York

A Prosecutor's Remembrance of Nuremberg
by Jack W. Robbins
Legal Aide to the Chief of Counsel for War Crimes
Jamestown, New York

The Influence of the Nuremberg Trial on International Criminal Law
Editor: Tove Rosen

Tribute to Nuremberg Prosecutor Jackson
by Benjamin B. Ferencz
Lecture, Salzburg Law School
Summer, 2004

The Crime of Waging Aggressive War
by Whitney R. Harris
Author of Tyranny on Trial
Jamestown, New York
October, 2004

Robert H. Jackson Memorial Service
St. Luke's Church
Jamestown, New York
October, 2004

The Flags At Nuremberg
A Memoir By Alan Y. Cole
Supreme Court Historical Society Quarterly, 1998

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