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 TotenbergRuth 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.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader.
Judges -- United States -- Biography. Law -- United States. |
| Publisher | New York, NY :2015 |
| Contributors |
Dodson, Scott,
editor. |
| Language |
English |
| Description |
xi, 314 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-310) and index. |
| ISBN | 9781107062467 1107062462 |
| Other | Classic View |