John Jackson (law professor)

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. 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.

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.

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.

Honours

• Doctor Iuris Honoris Causa, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 2003.
• Doctor Honoris Causa, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 2008.

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.
• 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: Cambridge University Press. 2006.

External links

• Williamson, Thomas (1997). "An Interview with John H. Jackson: Shaping International Economic Law". The Journal of the International Institute. 5 (1). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan (published Fall 1997). ISSN 1558-741X. Retrieved 25 May 2016. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |publication-date= (help)
• "John H. Jackson in History and Traditions: University of Michigan Law School". Retrieved 25 May 2016.
• McRae, Donald (April 2016). "In MEMORIAM John H. Jackson (1932-2015)". American Journal of International Law. 110 (2): 260–268. doi:10.5305/amerjintelaw.110.2.0260.
• Hufbauer, Gary Clyde (June 2016). "Worthy of a Nobel: An Appreciation of John H. Jackson". Journal of International Economic Law. 19 (2): 353–354. Retrieved October 8, 2016.