My own words / Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.

1st edition

87500

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader.

United States. -- Supreme Court -- Biography.

Women judges -- United States -- Biography.

Women lawyers -- United States -- Biography.

Early years and lighter side

Tributes to waypavers and pathmarkers

On gender equality: women and the law

A judge becomes a Justice

The Justice on judging and justice.

"The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993--a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women's rights, and popular culture. My Own Words is a selection of writings and speeches by Justice Ginsburg on wide-ranging topics, including gender equality, the workways of the Supreme Court, on being Jewish, on law and lawyers in opera, and on the value of looking beyond US shores when interpreting the US Constitution. Throughout her life Justice Ginsburg has been (and continues to be) a prolific writer and public speaker. This book contains a sampling, selected by Justice Ginsburg and her authorized biographers Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams. Justice Ginsburg has written an Introduction to the book, and Hartnett and Williams introduce each chapter, giving biographical context and quotes gleaned from hundreds of interviews they have conducted. This is a fascinating glimpse into the life of one of America's most influential women." - Publisher's website. "Ginsburg, appointed to the US Supreme Court in 1993, is known as a proponent of gender equality and today is regarded as the leader of the "liberal" or progressive wing of the Supreme Court. My Own Words is a diverse collection of Ginsburg's extra-judicial writing and speeches, ranging from a 1946 school newspaper editorial by a 13 year old Ginsburg (praising the newly-minted UN Charter), reflections on her relationship with fellow justice Antonin Scalia (philosophically opposed in law but great friends in life), speeches on gender equality, and her thoughts on judging and the role of judges. Each piece is introduced by Hartnett and Williams to give it biographical context. My Own Words is not a critique of Ginsburg's life and contribution to American jurisprudence. Nonetheless, the book provides an interesting insight into the life and thoughts of one of the US' most prominent jurists. Reading through the collected writings, one cannot but consider how the experiences of Ginsburg's life, being a woman, of Jewish background, growing up in the shadow of World War 2 and the Holocaust, and pursuing a legal education and career when very few women did so (there were 9 women in Ginsburg's class of about 900 at Harvard law school in 1956) have influenced her approach to the law." - James O'Regan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781501145247

xix, 371 p. ; 24 cm