Law

In this section, you will find highlights related to Law from our collections.

Barbie (Klaus) pre-trial records 1943-1985 - German SS officer known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for his treatment of Jews and members of the French Resistance in Lyon, France during WWII. Collection consists of trial instruction, including depositions and exhibits, in the case of Klaus Barbie before the Tribunal de grande instance de Lyon, relating to German war crimes in France during World War II. 

Eichmann (Adolf) trial excerpts 1961 - German Nazi official tried in Jerusalem for extermination of Jews during World War II. Includes excerpts from the testimony of Eichmann and others, and from the closing defense statement.

Hills (Carla Anderson) papers - American lawyer and government official. Consists of correspondence, reports, memoranda, speeches, and printed matter, relating to civil litigation involving the United States government, especially lawsuits involving President Richard M. Nixon; housing and community planning and development in the United States during the presidential administration of Gerald R. Ford; activities of the Republican Party, American Bar Association, and Alliance to Save Energy; and American foreign trade policy during the presidential administration of George Bush.

International Military Tribunal Proceedings: Testimony and evidence, relating to the trials of alleged German war criminals at Nuremberg.

International Military Tribunal for the Far East Records: Trials of Japanese officials accused of war crimes during World War II. Includes court exhibits, transcripts, summaries of proceedings, summations of counsel, judgments, photographs, and indices relating to the trial of Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes during the Second World War.

Kutner (Luis) papers: Chairman, Commission for International Due Process of Law; chairman, World Habeas Corpus Commission. Includes writings, correspondence, legal briefs, and printed matter relating to international civil rights cases, world federation, and attempts to secure international recognition of habeas corpus and due process of law by an American lawyer who was both chairman of the Commission for International Due Process of Law and the World Habeas Corpus Commission.

Mardian (Robert Charles) papers - Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Internal Security Division from 1970-1972, served in the Nixon Administration, and was found guilty on one count of conspiracy in the Watergate trial. Mardian later appealed to the courts in 1976, and his conviction was eventually overturned. Collection includes speeches and writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, proposals, minutes, testimony, legal documents, printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to education policy during the presidential administration of Richard M. Nixon, school desegregation, surveillance of radical movements, administration of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Watergate affair and subsequent trials.

Meese (Edwin) papers: U.S. Attorney General, 1985-1988. Contains speeches, correspondence, memoranda, reports, schedules, press releases, legal documents, printed matter, photographs, and sound recordings related to California politics and administration of the California state government during the governorship of Ronald Reagan; and to American domestic policy, Republican Party politics, and federal administration of justice during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. 

Rehnquist (William) papers: United States Supreme Court associate justice, 1972–1986, and chief justice, 1986–2005. Collection documents the Supreme Court terms of Rehnquist, associate justice from 1972 to 1986 and chief justice from 1986 to 2005. Materials include court case files, administrative files, conference files, correspondence, speeches and writings, book manuscripts, invitations, and other materials. Also includes Rehnquist's law school notebooks from his time at Stanford Law School in 1951 and 1952.

Sofaer (Abraham D.) papers: Legal adviser to the United States Department of State, 1985-1990. Papers document Sofaer's work as a former United States District Judge (1980-1985) and Legal Adviser to the State Department of the United States (1985-1990), along with his tenure as a professor of law at Columbia Law School (1969-1979) and as the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and National Security Affairs at the Hoover Institution (1994-current).