Richard Meredith Jackson, FBA (19 August 1903 – 8 May 1986) was a British jurist and legal scholar. He was educated at

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. He became a Fellow of St John's College and Downing Professor of the Laws of England at the

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from 1966 to 1970, he devoted his academic career to the study of the administration of justice. One of his most important books was ''The Machinery of Justice in England'', first published in 1940 and now in its eighth edition.Stevens, Robert Bocking (January 1969)
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British Academy Fellows, Record for: Jackson, Professor Richard (19/08/1903-08/05/1986)
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1903 births 1986 deaths British legal scholars Place of birth missing 20th-century British male writers Downing Professors of the Laws of England Fellows of the British Academy {{UK-academic-bio-stub