Ginsburg and Amanda Tyler, Berkeley Law professor and former Ginsburg
law clerk, bring together RBG's most penetrating opinions - many
previously unpublished - sharing details from Justice Ginsburg's family
life and long career.
These include notable briefs and oral arguments, Ginsburg's last
speeches, and her favorite opinions that she wrote on the SCOTUS (many
in dissent) - along with the eloquent statements that she read from the
bench in those legendary cases.
A must-listen for those who respect the life and work of RBG - who want
to better understand her work, hear her eloquent voice, and further
honor her legacy.
About the author
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020) was associate justice of the United
States Supreme Court. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she received her BA
from Cornell University, attended Harvard Law School, and received her
LLB from Columbia Law School. From 1959 to 1961, Ginsburg served as a
law clerk to the Honorable Edmund L. Palmieri, judge of the United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She was a
professor of law at Rutgers University School of Law (1963-1972) and at
Columbia Law School (1972-1980). She was appointed a judge of the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980.
Then-president Clinton nominated her as associate justice of the Supreme
Court, and she took her seat on August 10, 1993. Justice Ginsburg died
on September 18, 2020, as this book was going into production.
Amanda L. Tyler is Shannon Cecil Turner professor of law at the
University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she teaches and
writes about the Supreme Court, the federal courts, constitutional law,
and civil procedure. The author of many articles and several books,
including Habeas Corpus in Wartime: From the Tower of London to
Guantanamo Bay, Tyler also serves as a coeditor of the prominent
casebook and treatise Hart and Wechsler's The Federal Courts and the
Federal System. Tyler served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ruth Bader
Ginsburg at the Supreme Court of the United States during the October
Term 1999.
