Charles Fairman papers, 1925-1986, undated.

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Charles Fairman papers, 1925-1986, undated.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/227802018

The small collection includes some correspondence, speeches, and writings, one photograph of Charles Fairman at an unidentified event, and some printed materials. The most important part of the collection is the correspondence between Fairman and U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson, written during the time period when the Supreme Court was struggling with numerous cases concerning segregation in education. Fairman was a well-known constitutional scholar at the time, and Jackson was one of the more conservative justices then sitting on the court. The Fairman/Jackson correspondence consists of approximately 22 letters covering the time period 1948-1954, the year of Jackson's death. In the correspondence, the two men discuss Fairman's research and their own opinions concerning the major civil rights issues then before the country and the court.

2 boxes, 7 1/2 linear inches

South Texas College of Law Houston, The Fred Parks Law Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7083951

South Texas College of Law Houston, The Fred Parks Law Library

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Jackson, Robert H. (Robert Houghwout), 1892-1954

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Robert Houghwout Jackson (February 13, 1892 – October 9, 1954) was an American attorney and judge who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He had previously served as United States Solicitor General and United States Attorney General, and is the only person to have held all three of those offices. Jackson was also notable for his work as Chief United States Prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals following World War II. Jackson was born in Spring...

United States. Supreme Court

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Fairman, Charles, 1897-....

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Born Alton, IL, July 27, 1897; noted constitutional scholar and expert on military and international law; Professor at Harvard; Died November 25, 1988 in La Jolla, California. From the description of Charles Fairman papers, 1925-1986, undated. (South Texas College of Law). WorldCat record id: 227802018 ...