In his address at the laying of the cornerstone of the new American Bar Center on November 2, 1953, Mr. Justice Jackson compared the Western ideal of the rule of law with the barbarian’s reliance upon force, recently revived in the modern totalitarian states. The latter part of his address took the form of a legal creed that may well survive the building whose erection it marked.
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November 2, 1953
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American Bar Center Cornerstone Laying
Chicago, IL
November 2, 1953
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In his address at the laying of the cornerstone of the new American Bar Center on November 2, 1953, Mr. Justice Jackson compared the Western ideal of the rule of law with the barbarian's reliance upon force, recently revived in the modern totalitarian states. The latter part of his address took the form of a legal creed that may well survive the building whose erection it marked.
