The legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg / edited by Scott Dodson, University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dodson, Scott, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933-2020.

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader.

Judges--United States--Biography.

Judges.

United States.

Law--United States.

Law.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 314 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a legal icon. In more than four decades as a lawyer, professor, appellate judge, and associate justice of the US Supreme Court, Ginsburg has influenced the law and society in real and permanent ways. This book chronicles and evaluates the remarkable achievements Ruth Bader Ginsburg has made over the past half century. Including chapters written by prominent court watchers and leading scholars from law, political science, and history, it offers diverse perspectives on an array of doctrinal areas and on different time periods in Ginsburg's career. Together, these perspectives document the impressive legacy of one of the most important figures in modern law.

Contents:

Notes on a life / Nina Totenberg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg : law professor extraordinaire / Herma Hill Kay

Before Frontiero there was Reed : Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the constitutional transformation of the twentieth century / Linda K. Kerber

Struck by stereotype : Ruth Bader Ginsburg on pregnancy discrimination as sex discrimination / Neil S. Siegel and Reva B. Siegel

Postscript by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Beyond the tough guise : Justice Ginsburg's reconstructive feminism / Joan C. Williams

"Seg academies," taxes, and Judge Ginsburg / Stephen B. Cohen

A more perfect union : sex. race, and the VMI case / Cary Franklin

Barriers to entry and justice Ginsburg's criminal procedure jurisprudence / Lisa Kern Griffin

A liberal justice's limits : Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the American criminal justice system / Aziz Z. Huq

A revolution in jurisdiction / Scott Dodson

Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the interaction of legal systems / Paul Schiff Berman

The once and future federalist / Deborah Jones Merritt

Reflections on the confirmation journey of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, summer 1993 / Robert A. Katzmann

Justice Ginsburg : demosprudence through dissent / Lani Guinier

Oral argument as a bridge between the briefs and the court's opinion / Tom Goldstein

Fire and ice : Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the least likely firebrand / Dahlia Lithwick.

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781107477131

Access Restriction:

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