“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

The Jackson Center Bookstore


The items listed below are available for purchase from the Robert H. Jackson Center. Prices shown do not include sales tax or shipping charges. You can order items by phone, fax or mail. A PDF version of the order form is available by clicking here.

Robert H. Jackson: Country Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, America’s Advocate

by Eugene Gerhart

$60.00 (SOLD OUT);
$100 leather-bound; signed by the author (SOLD OUT)

Published originally in 1958, this is the only full biography of Robert H. Jackson. The book follows Jackson’s life from his rural origins to his successful career in Washington and Nuremberg. Reprinted in 2003 by the William S. Hein & Company, the book is available exclusively from the Jackson Center. Two books in one volume, America’s Advocate: Robert H. Jackson and Lawyer’s Judge.

That Man: An Insider’s Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Robert H. Jackson

$30.00 Hard Cover, $20.00 Soft Cover; signed by John Q. Barrett, Editor

That Man is a newly discovered manuscript by Robert H. Jackson, edited and introduced by John Q. Barrett, the Elizabeth S. Lenna Fellow at the Robert H. Jackson Center, with a forward by William E. Leuchtenburg, noted FDR biographer. Written in the early 1950’s before Jackson’s untimely death, the book is a unique account of the personality, conduct, greatness of character, and common humanity of “that man in the White House,” Franklin D. Roosevelt. Published by Oxford University Press.

Nuremberg Trial Series: Opening Address before the International Military Tribunal

by Robert H. Jackson

$10.00, Soft Cover

In this, perhaps the most famous speech of his entire career, Jackson introduces and outlines the prosecution’s case against the 22 Nazis in the prisoner dock. This is the quintessential Jackson speech, a must-read for anyone interested in Jackson or Nuremberg.



Nuremberg Trial Series: Closing Address before the International Military Tribunal

by Robert H. Jackson

$10.00, Soft Cover

Robert H. Jackson’s final statement at the Nuremberg Trial contains the famous quotation, “If you were to say of these men that they are not guilty, it would be as true to say that there has been no war, there are no slain, there has been no crime.” Jackson implores the judges on the tribunal to find all the Nazi defendants guilty. His impassioned words ring as loudly to us today as they did in Courtroom 600 in 1946.

The Tragedy of War

by Whitney R. Harris

$10.00, Soft Cover

Nuremberg prosecutor Whitney R. Harris’ polemic on the terrible costs and consequences of war recounts the tragic history of war in the 20th Century and of the first years of the 21st. Harris reviews the major tragedies, genocides and mass murders of the past one hundred years, and profiles the tyrants who perpetrated them. He tracks the progression of aggressive war to its current manifestation, terrorism, and suggests that the only way for humankind to survive is to avoid the destruction of civilization through war. Harris sees the anti-aggressive war legacy of Nuremberg as humankind’s last, best hope for ultimate survival.

Murder by the Millions: Rudolf Hoess at Auschwitz

by Whitney R. Harris

$10, Soft Cover

On April 5, 1946, Nuremberg prosecutor Whitney R. Harris witnessed one of the most damning affidavits to the Nazi defendants at Nuremberg, the confession of Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Hoess, Commandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp. This is the story of Hoess’ life before, during and after his service at Auschwitz, ending with his trial and execution in Poland. Through primary documents, many previously unpublished in English, Harris reveals the horrors that occurred at Auschwitz, and the thoughts and deeds of the man behind the massacre of two and a half million people.

The Impact of Nuremberg on Global Justice and Security

by Henry T. King, Jr.

$10.00, Soft Cover

This collection of four speeches by Nuremberg Prosecutor Henry T. King, Jr., is an excellent addition to publications available from the Jackson Center. It includes addresses given at Chautauqua Institution on June 13 and 14, 2003. King’s remarks touch on Robert Jackson’s place in history, the impact of Nuremberg on human rights and on national sovereignty, as well as the relationship between the Nuremberg trials and the International Criminal Court.

Reconsidering Roosevelt on Race: How the Presidency Paved the Road to Brown

by Kevin J. McMahon

$20.00, Soft Cover

Kevin McMahon challenges the view that President Franklin D. Roosevelt was complacent on the issue of racial equality. McMahon argues that by strengthening the presidency and appointing a Supreme Court with a majority of rights-conscious liberals, FDR created a political and judicial situation that was receptive to civil rights claims, culminating in the Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision, of which Robert H. Jackson was one of the deciding justices, nearly ten years after FDR’s death.

Landmark Supreme Court Cases: Korematsu v. United States, Japanese-American Internment Camps

by Karen Alonso

$15.00, Hard Cover

In this concise and easy-to-read volume, Karen Alonso examines the case of Fred Korematsu, a Japanese-American who protested the internment of Japanese-Americans in the wake of the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. One of Robert H. Jackson’s most famous opinions was his dissent in the Korematsu case. Mr. Korematsu was a guest of the Jackson Center on September 26, 2002, before his death in March 2005.

Nuremberg, Infamy on Trial

by Joseph E. Persico

Special Jackson Center price of $5.00, Soft Cover

Joseph Persico’s compelling narrative of the Nuremberg Trial is a dramatic and historical portrait of the most important trial of the 20th Century, as well as the basis for the TNT mini-series Nuremberg. It is the subject of a “Community Read” leading up to Mr. Persico’s appearance at the Jackson Center on June 12, 2006.



Nuremberg (DVD)

made-for-television movie

$30.00

Alec Baldwin, Brian Cox and Christopher Plummer star in this screen adaptation of Joseph E. Persico’s highly acclaimed book Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial. The film follows the international trial from its uncertain beginning to its conclusive end, and along the way offers insights into the lives of some of the most important players at the trial. Nuremberg stands as the sole film based on the first Nuremberg trial. Author Joseph E. Persico is scheduled to appear at the Robert H. Jackson Center June 12, 2006.

The Robert H. Jackson Center Postcard Collection

$5.00

Six postcards are included in this collection of images photographed at the Robert H. Jackson Center, Jamestown, New York.





Five Addresses by Robert H. Jackson to Swedish-American Organizations

$10.00

A compilation of five addresses delivered to Swedish-American organizations by Justice Jackson from 1922 to 1943.




From Gobitis to Barnette: A Primer

$5.00

Dan Seligman, a Seattle attorney, offers a look at two U.S. Supreme Court cases that involved the Jehovah’s Witnesses—Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940) and West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943). Robert H. Jackson authored the majority opinion on Barnette, which included, “Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.”