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January 19, 2019 at 10:00am

Doors Open Jamestown 2019

Join us on January 19, 2019 from 10am-5pm for Doors Open Jamestown at the Jackson Center.

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February 13, 2019 at 7:00pm

“From William Penn to John Marshall to Robert H. Jackson”

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“An Existing and Indestructible Reality”? Justice Robert H. Jackson’s Thoughts on International Law and a Legal Case Study on the 100th Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration

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Robert H. Jackson Center Newsletters

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

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EXHIBITS AT THE JACKSON CENTER

Current Exhibit: A Model for Courage: The Life of Charles Goodell

A Model for Courage: The Life of Charles Goodell explores the life of the Jamestown-born politician who ascended to the U.S. Senate in a time of crisis only to lose his seat for standing up for what was right.

Featured Lesson Plan

Checks & Balances- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer

Two 40 minute lessons for Grade 11: United States History and Government classes including references to the DVD, Liberty Under Law, The Robert H. Jackson Story, websites, and student readings.

 

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Justice at Nuremberg

Four 40-minute lessons for Grade 11: United States History and Government classes complete with websites, handouts and suggested video clips from the DVD, Liberty Under Law: The Robert H. Jackson Story....

This Day in Nuremberg

Gerthoffer

On January 21, 1946, Charles Gerthoffer, French Prosecutor, continued the French Opening by outlining the pillage committed in the occupied countries. The German wholesale requisitions of agriculture products clearly left the local population with insufficient amounts to assure their subsistence. Read More

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.

Robert H. Jackson - Opening Address ot the International Military Tribunal. November 10, 1945