Herbert Jacob
Vita
(bio) Herbert Jacob was born at Augsburg, Germany on February 10, 1933. Jacob joined the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University in 1969. While at Northwestern he was affiliated with the University's Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research as well as with its Program on Law and the Social Sciences. Jacob rejoined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin as the Hawkins Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law in 1984. He returned to Northwestern in 1985 and remained there until his death.
Jacob's family escaped Nazi Germany and settled in the United States. Jacob took his A.B. degree in 1954 from Harvard University. His graduate work at Yale University (M.A., 1955; Ph.D., 1960) was interrupted by service in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957. Jacob began his teaching career as an Instructor of Political Science at Tulane University from 1960 to 1962; then accepted an appointment as an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He rose to the rank of Associate Professor in 1964 and to Professor in 1967 before leaving for NU.
Jacob's professional interests centered on American federal and state government and politics and on the intersection of legal and political systems. He was a leading figure in the law and society movement, a field emphasizing the study of law in action. Jacob's book Justice in America (1962) was considered a significant contribution to the field and he served as President of the Law and Society Association during 1981-1983. (...)
Jacob married Lynn Carp. The couple had four children: Joel B., David S., Jenny S., and M. Max. Jacob died at his home in Evanston, Illinois on August 29, 1996.
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Remarques
Ehefrau Lynn Jacob geb. Carp
Kinder:
Joel B. Jacob
David S. Jacob
Jenny S. Jacob
M. Max Jacob