The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

by Scott Dodson (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781009013970
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/10/2022
Edition description:	2nd Revised ed.
Pages:	350
Sales rank:	102,545
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Scott Dodson is James Edgar Hervey Chair in Litigation and Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law at University of California Hastings College of the Law. He is an expert in civil procedure and federal courts and he has published seven books and around 100 shorter works. His scholarly writings have been cited in more than thirty court opinions, and he was listed as the ninth (tied) most-cited civil-procedure scholar in 2010–2014. Professor Dodson is a frequent commentator in the news, including appearances on the 10:00 Nightly News, NPR Radio, and CNN Radio; quotes in various print media; and blogging stints at SCOTUSblog, SCOCAblog, Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog, and PrawfsBlawg.

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

'This anthology chronicles the life and contributions of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, offering diverse perspectives on an array of doctrinal areas and on different time periods in Ginsburg’s career.' Law and Social Enquiry

From the Publisher

04/15/2015
In this superb collection of essays celebrating the jurisprudence of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, editor Dodson (law, Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair, Univ. of California Hastings Coll. of the Law) assembles a star-studded cast of legal scholars and commentators. Prominent academics such as Lani Guinier and Joan C. Williams join journalists Dahlia Lithwick and Nina Totenberg to provide insight into the many facets of Ginsburg's work throughout every phase of her career. For instance, Herma Hill Kay chronicles the justice's achievements at Rutgers-Newark and Columbia law schools. Not surprisingly, Ginsburg—or the Notorious R.B.G., as she is affectionately known among her numerous admirers—pioneered women's rights in the academy and beyond. As director of the American Civil Liberty Union's Women's Rights Project, Ginsburg was a powerful advocate for women and ardently supported the Equal Rights Amendment. As a Supreme Court justice, she is famous for her fierce dissents, such as the one issued in the Lilly Ledbetter case advocating equal pay for equal work and dispensing with draconian statutory interpretations. Ultimately, Ginsburg's position was vindicated when Congress passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. VERDICT Ideal for legal scholars and readers of Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz's Uncertain Justice.—Lynne Maxwell, West Virginia Univ. Coll. of Law Lib., Morgantown

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