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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467666603321

Autore

Gibson Katie L (Katie Lorayne), <1976->

Titolo

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy of dissent : feminist rhetoric and the law / / Katie L. Gibson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : University of Alabama Press, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

0-8173-9175-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Rhetoric, Law, and the Humanities

Disciplina

347.732634

Soggetti

Women judges - United States

Judges - United States

Dissenting opinions - United States

Feminist jurisprudence - United States - History

Women's rights - United States - History

Feminist theory - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Judicial rhetoric and women's place : the legal precedent of separate sphere -- Advancing a language of feminist jurisprudence : Reed v. Reed and Ruth Bader Ginsburg's grandparent brief -- Shifting the boundaries of equal protection : Justice Ginsburg's defense of progressive constitutionalism in United States v. Virginia -- Confronting the boundaries of abortion jurisprudence : Justice Ginsburg's equality rationale in Gonzales V. Carhart -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy of dissent : feminist contributions and democratic promise.