Joseph Bishop
Joseph Bishop (academic, author, lawyer) | ||||||||||||
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Born | 1915 Booklyn, New York, US | |||||||||||
Died | May 1985 (Age 69) | |||||||||||
Alma mater | Deerfield Academy, Dartmouth College, Harvard Law School | |||||||||||
Children | Joseph W. Bishop 3rd | |||||||||||
Spouse | Susan Oulahan | |||||||||||
Member of | Committee on the Present Danger/Members | |||||||||||
Interests | “terrorism” | |||||||||||
A member of the Committee on the Present Danger, he spoke at the seminal 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism on "Legal Measures to Control Terrorism in Democracies."
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Professor Joseph Warren Bishop, Jr. came to the Yale Law School in 1957, as part of Dean Rostow’s initiative to expand the faculty. Prior to joining the faculty, as General Counsel to the U.S. Army, he defended the Army from charges of communist infiltration during the McCarthy hearings of the early 1950s. He was decorated for exceptional civilian service by the Army in 1953 upon his departure for private practice[1].
He was a member of the Committee on the Present Danger and spoke at the seminal 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism on "Legal Measures to Control Terrorism in Democracies."
Background
He grew up in Washington.[2]
A self-identified “New Deal Liberal” and “life-long Democrat,” in describing the subject of much of his commentary he stated that he was “interested in skinning pompous frauds, in recent years especially new left frauds.”[1]
Publications
His books included Justice Under Fire: A Study of Military Law,, Law in the Control of Terrorism and Insurrection: the British Laboratory Experience and The Law of Corporate Officers and Directors: Indemnification and Insurance.
Event Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism | 2 July 1979 | 5 July 1979 | Israel Jerusalem | The birthplace of the "War on Terror" doctrine, "a major international forum for the movement against détente". |