Victoria Ortiz

Dissenter on the Bench

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life and Work

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A 2020 Sydney Taylor Honor Book The life and career of the fiercely principled Supreme Court Justice, now a popular icon, with dramatic accounts of her landmark cases that moved the needle on legal protection of human rights, illustrated with b/w archival photographs. Dramatically narrated case histories from Justice Ginsburg's stellar career are interwoven with an account of RBG's life-childhood, family, beliefs, education, marriage, legal and judicial career, children, and achievements-and her many-faceted personality is captured. The cases described, many involving young people, demonstrate her passionate concern for gender equality, fairness, and our constitutional rights. Notes, bibliography, index.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780358539766
• ISBN-10: 0358539765
• Artikelnr.: 63265048

Autorenporträt

Victoria Ortiz graduated from Barnard College and the City University of New York Law School. She has worked as a high school teacher, as a college teacher, as an attorney, and as dean of students at several law schools. Her published work includes Spanish for Lawyers (2012), a unique manual for law students and lawyers who need to discuss legal matters in this useful language. Now retired, Ms. Ortiz lives in the Bay Area with her wife.