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Justice, justice thou shalt pursue : a life's work fighting for a more perfect union / Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Amanda L. Tyler.

Summary:
"In the fall of 2019, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited the University of California, Berkeley School of Law to deliver the first annual Herma Hill Kay Memorial Lecture in honor of her friend, the late Herma Hill Kay, with whom Ginsburg had coauthored the very first casebook on sex-based discrimination in 1974. Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue is the result of a period of collaboration between Ginsburg and Amanda L. Tyler, a Berkeley Law professor and former Ginsburg law clerk. During her visit to Berkeley, Justice Ginsburg told her life story in conversation with Tyler. In this collection, the two bring together that conversation and other materials-many previously unpublished-that share details from Justice Ginsburg's family life and long career. These include notable briefs and oral arguments, some of Ginsburg's last speeches, and her favorite opinions that she wrote as a Supreme Court justice (many in dissent), along with the statements that she read from the bench in those important cases. Each document was chosen by Ginsburg and Tyler to tell the story of the litigation strategy and optimistic vision that were at the heart of Ginsburg's unwavering commitment to the achievement of "a more perfect Union." In a decades-long career, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an advocate and jurist for gender equality and for ensuring that the United States Constitution leaves no person behind. Her work transformed not just the American legal landscape, but American society more generally. Ginsburg labored tirelessly to promote a Constitution that is ever more inclusive and that allows every individual to achieve their full human potential. As revealed in these pages, in the area of gender rights, Ginsburg dismantled long-entrenched systems of discrimination based on outdated stereotypes by showing how such laws hold back both genders. And as also shown in the materials brought together here, Justice Ginsburg had a special ability to appreciate how the decisions of the high court impact the lived experiences of everyday Americans. The passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in September 2020 as this book was heading into production was met with a public outpouring of grief. With her death, the country lost a hero and national treasure whose incredible life and legacy made the United States a more just society and one in which "We the People," for whom the Constitution is written, includes everyone"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780520381926
  • ISBN: 0520381920
  • Physical Description: xi, 271 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Tribute to Herma Hill Kay : Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- In conversation : Amanda L. Tyler and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- Moritz v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue -- Brief / Frontiero v. Richardson -- Oral argument / Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld, oral argument -- On the nomination of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States : Herma Hill Kay / United States v. Virginia, bench announcement, majority opinion / Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., bench announcement, dissenting opinion / Shelby County v. Holder, bench announcement, dissenting opinion / Burwell v. Hobby, Lobby stores, Inc., bench announcement, dissenting opinion -- Lessons learned from Louis D. Brandeis, remarks at the Genesis Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony, remarks at a naturalization ceremony.
Subject: Supreme Court.
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933-2020.
Judges > United States.
Genre: Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 13 of 13 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library 92 GINSBUR (Text) 50686015711232 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library 92 GINSBUR (Text) 50688010792357 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library 347.732 GINS (Text) 36446002034356 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Exeter Community Library 347.7326 GIN (Text) 33249024777140 Non-fiction Available -
Lower Macungie Library 347.73 GIN (Text) 33400001508921 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Nanty Glo Public Library B GIN (Text) 31815190056550 NGLM Biography Available -
North Wales Area Library 92 Ginsburg (Text) 35410000808535 NWAL Non-Fiction Available -
Parkland Community Library 347.732 GIN (Text) 34422007216050 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Public Library of Catasauqua 347.73 GIN (Text) 70000000157631 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Allentown Public Library 347.73 GINS (Text) 34455006806356 Adult Nonfiction 2nd FL Available -


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