Bibliography of Extrajudicial Writings by Robert H. Jackson
Click on title to view document, or on "PDF" to download it. Articles with the citation "RHJP" come from the Papers of Robert H. Jackson at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. For writings about Robert H. Jackson click here. All citations on this page are organized chronologically.
Books
The Struggle for Judicial Supremacy: A Study of a Crisis in American Power Politics. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1941. 361 pages.
Full Faith and Credit: The Lawyer’s Clause of the Constitution. New York: Columbia University Press, 1945. 60 pages.
- PDF (2 MB)
The Case Against the Nazi War Criminals. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1946. 217 pages.
The Nürnberg Case. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1947.
The Supreme Court in the American System of Government. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1955. 92 pages. Published posthumously.
That Man: An Insider’s Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Oxford University Press, 2003; paperback, 2004. 290 pages.
Edited and Introduced by John Q. Barrett, with a Foreword by William E. Leuchtenburg.
Articles & Addresses
1920's
Compulsory Incorporation of the Bar from the Country Lawyer’s Viewpoint, 4 New York L. Rev. 316-21 (1926) (address before the Associations of the Bar of Western New York, Buffalo, NY, June 24, 1926).- PDF (271.38 KB)
What Price “Due Process”?, 5 New York Rev. 435 (1927).
- PDF (308.8 KB)
- PDF (522.39 KB)
1930's
The Future of the Bar, Lincoln L. Rev. 41 (1930).- The Future of the Bar (265.56 KB)
- Trial Practice in Accident Litigation (600.4 KB)
- An Organized American Bar (435.99 KB)
- A Lawyer Looks At Politics (2.28 MB)
- Delayed Justice in New York State (1.34 MB)
- Changes in Treasury Tax Policy (1.84 MB)
- The Lawyer; Leader or Mouthpiece? (472.18 KB)
- Problems of the Federal Tax Bar, (2.85 MB)
- Address at the Congressional Country Club (306.32 KB)
- The Lawyer's New Deal (394.54 KB)
- The Bar and the New Deal (457.69 KB)
- Big Corporation’s Rule (762.98 KB)
- Address before the Beaver County Bar Association (388.05 KB)
- The Liberty League and the Constitution (567.7 KB)
- Rich Get Richer (1.26 MB)
- Are We Going Broke? A Debate of National Finances (America Has Only Scratched Her Resources) (408.9 KB)
- Is Landon Constitutional? (206.42 KB)
- People’s Business (359.41 KB)
- The Proposed Revision of Corporate Taxes (396.32 KB)
- Address on the University of the Air (1.25 MB)
- Reorganization of Federal Judiciary (1.61 MB)
- Address to the New York Economic Club (417.41 KB)
- The Struggle Against Monopoly (541.88 KB)
- Foundations of Our Unrest (1.01 MB)
- Labor and the Law (212.67 KB)
- Should the Antitrust Laws Be Revised? (483.42 KB)
Enforcement of Anti-trust Laws, 3 Fed. B.J. 71 (1937) (address before the Federal Bar Association, Washington, D.C., Sept. 22, 1937).
Founders Day address at University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill, N.C., October 12, 1937, RHJP Box 34.- Why a College Education? (286.45 KB)
- Consumer Protection by Government (1.2 MB)
- Farmers and Anti-Trust Law (393.37 KB)
- Business Confidence and Government Policy (473.82 KB)
- The Menace to Free Enterprise (1.16 MB)
- Philosophy of Big Busines (319.42 KB)
- It's Up to Us (1.29 MB)
Anti-trust Legislation Seen Necessary , 61 N.J.L.J. 37 (1938).
Address at the Jackson Day Dinner, Commodore Hotel, New York City, January 8, 1938, RHJP Box 35.- Address at the Jackson Day Dinner (275 KB)
- Your Business and Your Government (430 KB)
- Little Americanism (567.92 KB)
- Call for a Liberal Bar (209.3 KB)
- Democracy's Race Against Time (311.31 KB)
- Financial Monopoly: The Road to Socialism (355.3 KB)
- Monopolies and the Courts (1.71 MB)
- Address to Pi Gamma Mu (419.14 KB)
- National University Commencement Address (609.85 KB)
- Social Justice Under Our Constitution (1.13 MB)
- The Law Catches Up with the Times (575.7 KB)
- The Meaning of Liberalism (444.36 KB)
- The Challenge to the Christian Conscience (333.58 KB)
- Striking at the Roots of Crime (184.01 KB)
- Trade Barriers (477.63 KB)
- Address before the Yale News (280.27 KB)
- Progress in Federal Judicial Administration (165.8 KB)
- Maryland at the Supreme Court Bar (4.91 MB)
- Problem of the Administrative Process (1.27 MB)
- Briefless Barristers and Lawyerless Clients (571.04 KB)
- Back to the Constitution (505.53 KB)
- Product of the Present Day Law School (505.72 KB)
- Back to the American Way (585.49 KB)
- Is Our Constitutional Government in Danger? (781.86 KB)
1940s
The Party and the Nation, 1940, address at Jackson Day Dinner, Hotel Statler, Cleveland, Ohio, January 8, 1940, RHJP Box 39.- The Party and the Nation (386.99 KB)
Government Counsel and Their Opportunity, 26 A.B.A.J. 411 (1940) (address before the Federal Bar Association, Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 1940).
- Government Counsel and Their Opportunity (1.37 MB)
Our Government Is Prepared Against the Fifth Column, _29 Survey Graphic 54_5 (1940).
Sesquicentennial of the Supreme Court of the United States, 26 A.B.A.J. 203 (1940), 74 N.Y.L. Rev. 143 (1940) (address at ceremonies commemorating the occasion, Washington, D.C., Feb. 1, 1940). PDF
Youth and Government, address at Lincoln Memorial Meeting of the American Youth Congress, Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., February 9, 1940, RHJP Box 39.
Should the New Deal Policies Be Continued?, Town Hall of Buffalo, New York, Erlanger Theater, February 10, 1940, RHJP Box 39.
- Should The New Deal Policies Be Continued? (388.96 KB)
Address at Dinner Honoring Solicitor General Francis Biddle, Philadelphia, PA, February 28, 1940, RHJP Box 39.
- Francis Biddle Honorary Address (325.86 KB)
Address at Graduation Exercises of the FBI National Police Academy, Great Hall, Department of Justice Building, March 30, 1940, RHJP Box 39.
- FBI Police Academy Address (356.79 KB)
The Federal Prosecutor, 24 J. Am. Jud. Soc’y 18 (1940), 31 J. Crim. L. 3 (1940) (address at Conference of United States Attorneys, Washington, D.C., April 1, 1940).
- The Federal Prosecutor (223.52 KB)
A Square Deal for the Court, address at Boston College Law School, Boston, Mass., April 9, 1940, broadcast on Columbia Broadcasting System, RHJP Box 39.
- A Square Deal for the Court (671.66 KB)
Essential Differences Between the Republican and Democratic Parties, 14 No. I Reference Shelf 233 (1940) (debate on Town Hall Program, April 11, 1940).
Business and Government Have Worked Together, address at Forum Meeting of the National Institute of Government, sponsored by the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee, Washington, D.C., May 3, 1940, RHJP Box 39.
- Business and Government Have Worked Together (271.35 KB)
Mr. Justice Butler (Presentation before the Supreme Court, May 20, 1940), 310 U.S. xiii (1940).
- Mr. Justice Butler (135.47 KB)
Address at New York University, Gould Memorial Library, New York, NY, June 3, 1940, RHJP Box 39.
- Address at New York University (115.49 KB)
The Undeveloped Strength of American Democracy, address at the Institute of Public Affairs, Charlottesville, Virginia, June 14, 1940, RHJP Box 39.
- The Undeveloped Strength of American Democracy (582.34 KB)
A Program for Internal Defense of the United States, 63 N.Y.S.B.A. Rep. 679 (1940) (address before the New York State Bar Association, Saranac, June 29, 1940).
Supreme Court and Interstate Barriers, 207 Annals 70 (1940).
- The Supreme Court and Interstate Barriers (512.22 KB)
Address before Federal-State Conference on Law Enforcement Problems, Great Hall, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., August 5, 1940, RHJP Box 40.
Opinion on Exchange of Over-Age Destroyers for Naval and Air Bases, 34 Am. J. Int’l L. 728 (1940), 20 Cong. Dig. 19 (1941) (Aug. 27, 1940, 39 Ops. Att’y Gen. 484 [1940]).
- Opinion on Exchange (478.11 KB)
The Department of Justice and the Cities, address at the Annual Conference of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, Sept. 19, 1940, RHJP Box 40.
- The Department of Justice and the Cities (670.49 KB)
Messages On The Launching Of The Bill Of Rights Review, 1 Bill Rts. Rev. 34 (1940).
- Messages On The Launching Of The (149.01 KB)
Democracy Under Fire, 9 Law Soc’y J. 301 (1940) (address before the Law Society of Massachusetts, Boston, Oct. 16, 1940).
- Democracy Under Fire (1015.44 KB)
Address at the American United Program, Carnegie Hall, New York City, November 6, 1940, sponsored by the Council for Democracy, in cooperation with the Columbia Broadcasting System, RHJP Box 40.
- Address at the American United Program, (73.15 KB)
Alien Registration and Democracy, address broadcast over CBS Radio from Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 1940, RHJP Box 40.
- Alien Registration and Democracy (279.23 KB)
Address before Meeting of Presidential Electors, Washington, D.C., January 19, 1941, RHJP Box 41.
Address on accepting first annual Cardozo Memorial Award, presented by Tau Epsilon Rho Law Fraternity at Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., Feb. 22, 1941, RHJP Box 41.
- Address on Accepting Cardozo Award (1.61 MB)
International Order, 27 A.B.A.J. 275 (1941) Am. J. Int’l L. 348 (1941), 19 Can. B. Rev. 229 (1941), 7 Vital Speeches 399 (1941) (address before the Inter-American Bar Association, Havana, Cuba, March 27, 1941).
- International Order (681.54 KB)
Judicial Career of Chief Justice Hughes, 27 A.B.A.J. 408 (1941).
- Judicial Career of Chief Justice Hughes (657.21 KB)
Mobilizing the Profession for Defense, 27 A.B.A.J. 350 (1941) (address before the American Judicature Society, Washington, D.C., May 7, 1941).
- Mobilizing the Profession for Defense (376.41 KB)
Address at the Commencement Ceremonies of Albany Law School, Albany, New York, June 5, 1941, RHJP Box 41.
- Commencement Address at Albany Law School (342.78 KB)
Challenge of International Lawlessness, 27 A.B.A.J. 690 (1941), 374 Int’l Conciliations 683 (1941) (address before American Bar Association, Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 2, 1941).
- The Challenge of International Lawlessness (955.18 KB)
Our American Legal Philosophy, 8 Vital Speeches 356 (1942) (address before the New York State Bar Association, New York, Jan. 24, 1942).
- Our American Legal Philosophy (321.94 KB)
Indifference to Our History, Texas B. J. 255 (1942) (address before the State Bar of Texas, San Antonio, July 3, 1942).
- Indifference to Our History (1.17 MB)
The Beseiged Strongholds of the Mind, address to the Assembly of the International Student Service, Washington, D.C., Sept. 2, 1942, RHJP Box 42.
- The Besieged Strongholds of the Mind (1.84 MB)
The Law above Nations, 37 Am. J. Int’l L. 297 (1943) (address before the Inter-American Bar Association, Washington, D.C., Nov. 20, 1942).
- The Law Above Nations (516.56 KB)
Law is a rule for men to live by, 9 Vital Speeches 664 (1943) (address at Brandeis Memorial Colony Dinner, New York, June 23, 1943).
- The Law Is a Rule for Men to Live By (322.89 KB)
Society and the Graduate, 9 Vital Speeches 590 (1943) (address at commencement exercises, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y., May 9, 1943).
- Society and the Graduate (328.46 KB)
The America We're Fighting For, panel discussion with Stuart Chase and Evans Clark, broadcast on NBC Radio program For This We Fight, Sept. 4, 1943, RHJP Box 42.
- The America We're Fighting For (355.74 KB)
Swedish Contributions to Our Law, 15 Penn. B.A.Q. 122 (1944) (address before the New Sweden Historical Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association, Philadelphia, Nov. 5, 1943).
- Swedish Contributions to Our Law (524.68 KB)
Address before the Ontario Section of the Canadian Bar Association, Toronto, Feb. 19, 1944, 22 Can. B. Rev. 173 (1944), 5 Fed. B.J. 123 (1944).
American Courts, 67 N.Y.S.B.A. Rep. 424 (1944) (address before the New York State Bar Association, New York, Jan. 22, 1944).
- American Courts (265.21 KB)
Thomas Jefferson, a Great American, address before the Virginia State Society, Washington, D.C., April 13, 1944, RHJP Box 42.
- Thomas Jefferson (173.22 KB)
Decline of Stare Decisis is Due to Volume of Opinions, Conn. B.J. 2 (1945), 28 J. Am. Jud. Soc’y 6 (1944), 30 A.B.A.J. 334 (1944) (address before the American Law Institute, Philadelphia, May 9, 1944).
Address at Anniversary Dinner of The Churchman, in honor of Mr. Bernard Baruch, New York City, May 23, 1944, RHJP Box 42.
- The Churchman Address (1.68 MB)
Tribute to Country Lawyers: A Review of I Can Go Home Again by Arthur Gray Powell, 7 Texas B.J. 146 (1944).
- Tribute To Country Lawyers (439.21 KB)
Full Faith and Credit—The Lawyer's Clause of the Constitution, 45 Colum. L. Rev. 1 (1945) (Benjamin N. Cardozo Lecture, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Dec. 7, 1944) (later published in book form -- see above).
- Full Faith and Credit (2 MB)
Franklin Roosevelt, 12 D.C.B.J. 150 (1945) (tribute delivered at the memorial service for Roosevelt in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice, April 13, 1945).
- Franklin Roosevelt (277.77 KB)
Rule of Law Among Nations, 31 A.B.A.J. 290 (1945), 39 Am. Soc’y Int’l L. Proc. 10 (1945), 19 Temp. L.Q. 135 (1946); 39 Am. Int’l L. 533 (1945) (excerpt); The Saturday Review of Literature, June 2, 1945, p. 7 (adapted from address) (address before the American Society of International Law, Washington, D.C., April 13, 1945).
- Rule of Law Among Nations (581.73 KB)
Report to the President on the Prosecution of Axis War Criminals (June 7, 1945), 39 Am. J. Int’l L. 178 (Supp. 1945), 19 Temp. L.Q. 144 (1945).
Worst Crime of All, N.Y. Times Mag., Sept. 9, 1945, p. 9.
- Worst Crime of All (367.92 KB)
Address on Christmas Eve, and broadcast from Nuremberg, Germany, Dec. 24, 1945, RHJP Box 43.
- Christmas Eve Address (508.81 KB)
Law under Which Nazi Organizations Are Accused of Being Criminal, 19 Temp. L.Q. 371 (1946).
The Nürnberg Trial Becomes an Historic Precedent, 20 Temp. L.Q. 167 (1946).
The Trials of War Criminals: An Experiment in International Legal Understanding, A.B.A.J. 319 (1946) (address before the National Legal Movement, Paris, April 2, 1946).
- The Trials of War Criminals (1.88 MB)
Address at the Roosevelt Commemorative Ceremony, Prague, Czechoslovakia, April 12, 1946, RHJP Box 43.
- Roosevelt Commemorative Ceremony Address (163.65 KB)
Justice Jackson Weighs Nuremberg’s Lessons, N.Y. Times Mag., June 16, 1946, p. 12.
- Justice Jackson Weighs Nuremberg's Lessons (688.02 KB)
Closing Argument for Conviction of Nazi War Criminals (Nuremberg, July 26, 1946), 20 Temp. L.Q. 85 (1946), 12 Vital Speeches 710 (1946); Case & Com., Jan.-Feb., 1947, p. 3 (condensed).
The Nürnberg Trial, 13 Vital Speeches 114 (1946) (address at the University of Buffalo Centennial Convocation, Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 4, 1946).
- The Nurnberg Trial (410.82 KB)
The Nürnberg Trial, 20 Temp. L.Q. 338 (1946) (Final Report to the President, Oct. 7, 1946).
- Justice Jackson's Final Report (455.86 KB)
Lawyers Today: The Legal Profession in a World of Paradox, 33 A.B.A.J. 24 (1947) (address before the American Bar Association, Atlantic City, N.J., Oct. 28, 1946).
The Significance of the Nuremberg Trials to the Armed Forces, address at the National War College, Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 1946, RHJP Box 44.
Nuremberg Trial of the Major Nazi Leaders, 70 N.Y.S.B.A. Rep. 147 (1947) (address before the New York State Bar Association, New York, Jan. 24, 1947).
- Nuremberg Trial of the Major Nazi Leaders (779.91 KB)
America’s Lack of Success in Europe, 13 Vital Speeches 585 (1947) (address at Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., June 15, 1947).
- America's Lack of Success in Europe (405.31 KB)
Address at St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, June 22, 1947, RHJP Box 44.
- Address at St. Lawrence University (1.57 MB)
Address Celebrating the One Hundredth Anniversary of Liberia, the Capitol, Washington, D.C., July 26, 1947, RHJP Box 45.
- Liberian Anniversary Address (972.18 KB)
A Country Lawyer at an International Court, 58 Va. St. Bar Assn. Proc. 21 (1947), republished in Va. Bar Assn. News Journal 11-17 (2007) (address before the Virginia State Bar Association, Roanoake, Aug. 8, 1947).
Address before the Air Force Association, Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 16, 1947 , RHJP Box 45.
- Address Before the Air Force Association (647.23 KB)
The Meaning of Statutes: What Congress Says or What the Court Says, 34 A.B.A.J. 535 (1948), 8 F.R.D. 121 (1948), 16 ICC Prac. J. 41 (1948) (address before the American Law Institute, Philadelphia, May 20, 1948).
- The Meaning of Statutes (2.5 MB)
Some Problems in Developing an International Legal System, 22 Temp. L.Q. 147 (1948), 65 Scot. L. Rev. 69 (1949) (address before School of Advanced International Studies, Institute in the Teaching of International and Comparative Law, Association of American Law Schools, New York, Aug. 25, 1948).
Free Government Needs Free Press, address to members of the German Press, Washington, D.C., Oct. 18, 1948, RHJP Box 46.
- Free Government Needs Free Press (3.48 MB)
Address before the American Society of International Law, Washington, D.C., April 30, 1949, 43 Am. Soc’y Int’l L. Proc. 140 (1949).
Nuremberg in Retrospect: Legal Answer to International Lawlessness, 35 A.B.A.J. 813 (1949), 27 Can. B. Rev. 761 (1949) (address before the Canadian Bar Association, Banff, Alta., Sept. 1, 1949).
Lawyer Reference Plans: A Manual for Bar Associations, 35 A.B.A.J. 979 (1949), 17 D.C.B.J. 61 (1950), 73 N.J.L.J. 17 (1950).
- Lawyer Reference Plans (1.36 MB)
1950s
The County-Seat Lawyer, 36 A.B.A.J. 497 (1950).
- The County-Seat Lawyer (107.11 KB)
Need for Effective Criminal Trial System, 73 N.Y.S.B.A. Rep. 235 (1950) (address before the New York State Bar Association, New York, Jan. 28, 1950).
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk - Architect of Free Government, address at the All Souls' Church, Washington, D.C., March 7, 1950, RHJP Box 47.
Law and Lawgivers, 25 Cathedral Age 2 (1950) (address at dedication ceremonies, National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., April 2, 1950).
- Law and Lawgivers (3.66 MB)
Training the Trial Lawyer: A Neglected Area of Legal Education, 3 Stan. L. Rev. 48 (1950), 36 A.B.A.J. 607 (1950) (address at dedication of the new Stanford Law School building, July 15, 1950).
- Training the Trial Lawyer (650.04 KB)
Address before the Bar Association of San Francisco, Palace Hotel, July 31, 1950, RHJP Box 47.
The Communists in America, Harper's Magazine, September, 1950, RHJP Box 56.
- The Communists in America (2.79 MB)
Wartime Security and Liberty under Law, 1 Buffalo L. Rev. 103 (1951) (address at Buffalo Law School, Buffalo, NY, May 9, 1951).
- Wartime Security and Liberty Under Law (858.06 KB)
Advocacy before the United States Supreme Court, 37 A.B.A.J. 801 (1951), 37 Cornell L.Q. (1951), 25 Temp. L.Q. 115 (1951), 19 ICC Prac. J. 495 (1952) (Lecture before the State Bar of California, San Francisco, Aug. 23, 1951).
Why Learned and Augustus Hand Became Great, address at the New York County Lawyers Association's Annual Bar Dinner at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, Dec. 13, 1951, RHJP Box 48.
- Why Learned and Augustus Hand Became Great (139.81 KB)
_Falstaff's Descendants in Pennsylvania Courts 101 U. Pa. L. Rev. 313 (1952).
Genesis of an American Legal Profession: A Review of 150 Years of Change, 38 A.B.A.J. 547 (1952) (address at ceremonies marking the sesquicentennial of the Philadelphia Bar, Philadelphia, PA, March 13, 1952).
United Nations Organization and War Crimes, 46 Am. Soc’y Int’l L. Proc. 196 (1952) (address before the American Society for International Law, Washington, D.C., April 26, 1952).
A Presidential Legal Opinion, 66 Harv. L. Rev. 1353 (1953).
- A Presidential Legal Opinion (413.59 KB)
Alfalfa Club Speech, Fortieth Anniversary Dinner of the Alfalfa Club, Washington, D.C., Jan. 31, 1953. RHJP, Box 50.
- Alfalfa Club Speech (569.22 KB)
Serving the Administration of Criminal Justice, 17 Fed. Probation 3 (1953) 15 F.R.D. 67 (1953) (address before the Criminal Law Section of the American Bar Association, Boston, Aug. 24, 1953).
- Serving the Administration of Criminal Justice (402.01 KB)
Task of Maintaining Our Liberties: Role of the Judiciary, 39 A.B.A.J. 961 (1953) Vital Speeches 759 (1953) (address before the American Bar Association, Boston, Aug. 24, 1953).
Tribute to Louis D. Brandeis, The Man, address before the 39th Annual Convention of Hadassah, Oct. 26, 1953, Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C., RHJP Box 50.
- Tribute to Louis D. Brandeis, The Man (294.97 KB)
A Testimony to Our Faith in the Rule of Law, 15 Ala. Lawyer 79 (1954), 40 A.B.A.J. 19 (1954) (address at a cornerstone laying of the American Bar Center, Chicago, Nov. 2, 1953).
- A Testimony to Our Faith in the Rule of Law (313.17 KB)
Liberty under Law, 77 N.Y.S.B.A. Rep. 207 (1954) (address before the New York State Bar Association, New York, Jan. 30, 1954).
- Liberty under Law (366.9 KB)
Address prepared for delivery at dedication ceremonies, Ernest I. White Hall, College of Law, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y., Dec. 11, 1954, 6 Syracuse L. Rev. 219 (1955) (published posthumously).
- University Convocation (410.07 KB)
By John Q. Barrett, expanding upon a portion of the bibliography published in 8 Stanford L. Rev. 60-76 (December 1955)

