Professor of political science at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, outside Chicago. Family fled Nazi Germany, settling in the US. BA from Harvard, 1954; MA and PhD from Yale, 1955 and 1960.
According to his biography on Northwestern's website, his major books include: Justice in America (1962), German Administration Since Bismarck (1963, 1974), Studies in Judicial Politics (1963), Debtors in Court: The Use of Court Services by Debtors and Creditors (1969), Elementary Political Analysis (1970, 1975), Politics in the American States (1965, 1971, 1976, 1983, 1990, 1996), Justice in America (1965, 1971 [Japanese edition], 1972, 1978, 1985), Urban Justice: Law and Order in American Cities (1973), Felony Justice (1977), Crime and Justice in Urban America (1980), The Frustration of Policy: Responses to Crime by American Cities 1984), Using Published Data (1984), Law and Politics in the United States (1986, 1995), Silent Revolution: The Transformation of Divorce Law in the United States (1988), and Courts, Law, and Politics in Comparative Perspective (1996).
Source: Northwestern University (see link)
Born | 1933 |
Died | 1996 |
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Born | 1933 |
Died | 1996 |
Subjects
Law, Political aspects, Law and politics, Law, political aspects, Administration of Justice, Courts, Crime, Administration of Criminal justice, Criminal justice, Administration of, Justice, Administration of, Law enforcement, Administration, Crime, united states, Criminal justice, administration of, Criminals, Judicial process, Justiz, Kriminalitat, Municipal courts, Openbaar bestuur, Political science, Politics and government, Administration municipale, Application, BekampfungID Numbers
- OLID: OL581097A
- VIAF: 34518269
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Alternative names
- Jacob, Herbert
- herbert jacob
- Eds. Jacob Herbert and Kenneth N. Vines
- Jacob, Herbert,
September 14, 2024 | Edited by bitnapper | merge authors |
September 12, 2024 | Edited by wjhollerich | added links to Chicago Trib obit, Northwestern University bio; copied portion of bio listing his monographs |
September 12, 2024 | Edited by wjhollerich | in previous edit I also reversed the name order |
September 12, 2024 | Edited by wjhollerich | added death year, VIAF ID |
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