The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

This anthology chronicles the legal legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Scott Dodson (Edited by)

9781009013970, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 10 March 2022

350 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.5 cm, 0.4 kg

From the first edition: 'Now this - this is something that I like.' Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in the New York Times

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a legal icon. In more than four decades as a lawyer, professor, appellate judge, and Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court, Ginsburg influenced the law and society in real and permanent ways. This book chronicles and evaluates the remarkable achievements Ruth Bader Ginsburg made over the last half-century. Including chapters written by prominent court-watchers and leading scholars from law, political science, and history, the book offers diverse perspectives on an array of doctrinal areas and different periods in Ginsburg's career. Together, these perspectives document the impressive legacy of one of the most important figures in modern law. This updated second edition features a new foreword from Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer and a new introduction from the editor Scott Dodson.

Part I. Shaping a Legacy: 1. Notes on a life Nina Totenberg
2. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: law professor extraordinaire Herma Hill Kay
3. Before Frontiero there was reed: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the constitutional transformation of the twentieth century Linda K. Kerber
4. Struck by stereotype: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on pregnancy discrimination as sex discrimination Neil S. Siegel and Reva B. Siegel
5. Beyond the tough guise: Justice Ginsburg's reconstructive feminism Joan C. Williams
Part II. Rights and Remedies: 6. 'Seg Academies,' taxes, and judge Ginsburg Stephen B. Cohen
7. A more perfect union: sex, race, and the VMI case Cary Franklin
8. Barriers to entry and justice Ginsburg's criminal procedure jurisprudence Lisa Kern Griffin
9. A liberal justice's limits: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the American criminal justice system Aziz Z. Huq
Part III. Structuralism: 10. A revolution in jurisdiction Scott Dodson
11. Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the interaction of legal systems Paul Schiff Berman
12. The once and future federalist Deborah Jones Merritt
Part IV. The Jurist: 13. Reflections on the confirmation journey of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, summer 1993 Robert A. Katzmann
14. Justice Ginsburg: demosprudence through dissent Lani Guinier
15. Oral argument as a bridge between the briefs and the court's opinion Tom Goldstein
16. Fire and ice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the least likely firebrand Dahlia Lithwick
Ginsburg, optimism, and conflict management Scott Dodson
Index.

Subject Areas: Criminal procedure: law of evidence [LNFX3], Criminal procedure [LNFX], Criminal justice law [LNFB], Criminal law & procedure [LNF], Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism [HPCF7]