John Jackson (law professor)

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John Howard Jackson (April 6, 1932 - November 7, 2015) was a professor at the University of California at Berkeley Law School, the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor, and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., USA.[1][2][3] He organized the International Economic Law Group of the American Society of International Law, and was regarded as one of the chief architects of the World Trade Organization.[4]

Jackson was born in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1954, he graduated with an A.B. from Princeton University, and earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1959.[5]

He was the director of the Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown University Law Center and editor-in-chief of the Journal of International Economic Law.[6]

Honours[]

Selected bibliography[]

  • World trade and the law of GATT: A Legal Analysis of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1 ed.). Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. 1969.
  • The World Trading System : Law and Policy of International Economic Relations (1 ed.). Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. 1989. ISBN 0-262-60021-8. Retrieved April 11, 2019 – via Internet Archive.
  • Restructuring the GATT System (1 ed.). New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press. 1990.
  • The World Trade Organization : Constitution and Jurisprudence (1 ed.). London: Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1998.
  • Sovereignty, the WTO and Changing Fundamentals of International Law (1 ed.). Cambridge, UK ; New York, USA: Cambridge University Press. 2006. ISBN 978-0-521-86007-9.

Notes[]

  1. ^ "In Memoriam - Professor John H. Jackson via Georgetown University Law Center". Archived from the original on 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  2. ^ John Howard Jackson Obituary - from The Ann Arbor News
  3. ^ John Howard Jackson Obituary from Valley News, Ann Arbor, Michigan, December 10, 2015
  4. ^ "Memorial: John H. Jackson'54". Princeton Alumni Weekly, April 20, 2016.
  5. ^ "JACKSON, JOHN HOWARD". Who's Who in America 2011. I (A-l) (65th ed.). New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who. 2010. p. 2179. ISBN 978-0-8379-7025-7. Retrieved November 5, 2018 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ Altman, Daniel (March 31, 2003). "Robert E. Hudec, 68, Expert on Global Trade Law, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  7. ^ Jackson, John H. (December 2003). "Changing Fundamentals of International Law and International Economic Law". Archiv des Völkerrechts. 41 (4): 435–448. doi:10.1628/0003892033034582. JSTOR 40800071.
  8. ^ "Doctor Honoris Causa of the EUI and Recipients of Doctor Honoris Causa Degrees". European University Institute (EUI). Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  9. ^ Petersmann, Ernst-Urlich (3 October 2008). "Laudatio for John H. Jackson (Degree Conferring Ceremony of the EUI)" (PDF). Badia Fiesolana: European University Institute. Retrieved 8 October 2018.

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