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Tax on Income - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Foreign pre-tax income $ 146,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign $ 219,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign $ 213,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance 6,600,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount 6,100,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount 1,200,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
Deferred tax (benefit) charge related to profits that were not permanently reinvested (42,800,000)jah_DeferredTaxExpenseBenefitRelatedToForeignProfitsNotDeemedPermanentlyReinvested 1,400,000jah_DeferredTaxExpenseBenefitRelatedToForeignProfitsNotDeemedPermanentlyReinvested 2,200,000jah_DeferredTaxExpenseBenefitRelatedToForeignProfitsNotDeemedPermanentlyReinvested
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact the effective tax rate if recognized 151,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate    
Indemnification for gross unrecognized tax benefits from sellers of acquired companies 4,700,000jah_IndemnificationForGrossUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsFromSellersOfAcquiredCompanies    
Tax related interest expense 1,800,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesExpense 1,700,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesExpense 2,700,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesExpense
Liability for tax-related interest expense 10,300,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued 8,600,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued  
Unrecognized Consolidated Financial Statements      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Net operating profits 123,000,000jah_OperatingLossCarryforwardsUtilizedDuringPeriod
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Scenario, Adjustment      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Other   (41,900,000)jah_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesImpactOfRevision
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Windfall Tax Benefits Recognized      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Windfall tax benefits 38,000,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense
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= jah_WindfallTaxBenefitsRecognizedMember
11,600,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense
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= jah_WindfallTaxBenefitsRecognizedMember
41,800,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense
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Domestic      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Net operating losses 580,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
   
Domestic | Subject To Section 382 Limitations      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Net operating losses 470,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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= jah_SubjectToSection382LimitationsMember
   
International      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Net operating losses 145,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
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Undistributed earnings 1,200,000,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarnings
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International | Expires 2014 [Member]      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Net operating losses 1,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
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International | Expire Subsequent To Twenty Fourteen      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Net operating losses 59,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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= jah_ExpireSubsequentToTwentyFourteenMember
   
International | Unlimited Life      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Net operating losses $ 85,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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