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These collections are particularly strong in the areas of international law, especially war crimes trials after World War II, Soviet law, and federal administration of justice in the United States. The papers of Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist document his career from his days as a Stanford law student until his death in 2005.
US Supreme Court associate justice, 1972–86, and chief justice, 1986–2005
Trials of Japanese officials accused of war crimes during World War II
Trials of German officials accused of war crimes during World War II
Chairman, Commission for International Due Process of Law; chairman, World Habeas Corpus Commission
US attorney general, 1985–88
Legal adviser to the United States Department of State, 1985-1990
STANFORD – Materials from the papers of the late Justice William H. Rehnquist involving his work from 1947 to 1971 and Supreme Court cases from the 1972 to 1974 terms will be opened to researchers on November 17, 2008, at the Hoover Institution.
STANFORD – The papers of Supreme Court justice William H. Rehnquist for the 1972 and 1973 Supreme Court terms will be opened to researchers at the Hoover Institution Archives on November 17. Papers from the 1974 Supreme Court term in the Rehnquist Collection and his correspondence files from 1972 through 2005 will be opened by January 5, 2009.
STANFORD – The papers of Supreme Court justice William H. Rehnquist for the 1972 and 1973 Supreme Court terms will be opened to researchers at the Hoover Institution Archives on Monday, November 17, 2008. Rehnquist's papers from the 1974 term and his correspondence files from 1972 through 2005 will be opened by January 5, 2009.
