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September 27, 2017 at 1:00pm

An Inside View: Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division Fourth Judicial Department

Continuing Legal Education Seminar 9/27/17 Registration deadline 9/20/17

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September 19, 2017 at 5:00pm

“Meet Bob Jackson” Dramatization

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Jackson Center Features “Meet Bob Jackson” Dramatization

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October 10, 2017 at 8:00am

Free Expression & the Scope of the First Amendment: A Conversation with Floyd Abrams, Esq.

The Robert H. Jackson Center envisions a global society where the universal principles of equality, fairness and justice prevail.

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Flags at Nuremberg

This tribute to the legacy of Robert H. Jackson was made possible through the generosity of our donors, and specifically Thomas Loftus III, Robert Loftus, and Julia Craighill, three of Jackson’s grandchildren.

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The United States Supreme Court

This 120-minute lesson focuses on the history and operation of the United States Supreme Court.  Students will learn about the power of judicial review and how the court’s decisions impact society and their daily lives.

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Robert H. Jackson as United States Attorney General-Destroyers for Bases Agreement and Lend-Lease Act

In this 90 minute lesson, 11th grade students will examine reasons for the passage of the Neutrality Acts (1935-1937) and consider the national debate as a shift to pro-Allied policies including “cash and carry” and Lend-Lease.  ...

This Day in Nuremberg

Reading of The Judgment of The Tribunal by Judge de Vabres

On Sept. 30, 1946, French Judge Donnedieu de Vabres reads that portion of the Judgment regarding German aggressions, country by country. Following the reading a recess occurs. Read More

We are haunted by the greatest unfinished task of civilization which is to create a just and peaceful international order. If such a relationship between states is to be realized, we know its foundations will be laid in law, because legal process is the only practical alternative to force.

Address of Robert H. Jackson, Attorney General of the United States, Inter-American Bar Association, Havana, Cuba, March 27, 1941. Printed in The American Journal of International Law (p 348)