Abstract
Barrett examines the dissent opinion of Supreme Court Justice Robert Houghwout Jackson in Korematsu v. United States, which centered on the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. Although the dissent has been criticized as incoherent, it contains strong legal implications within its complexity.
Citation
John Q. Barrett,
A Commander’s Power, A Civilian’s Reason: Justice Jackson’s Korematsu Dissent,
68 Law and Contemporary Problems
57-80
(Spring 2005)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol68/iss2/6