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1 online resource (181 pages). |
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Rhetoric, Law, and the Humanities Ser.
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Rhetoric, Law, and the Humanities Ser.
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Intro; Contents; Introduction. The Patriarchal Voice of the Law: Generic Scripts and Bradwell v. Illinois; 1. Judicial Rhetoric and Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Place: The Legal Precedent of Separate Spheres; 2. Advancing a Language of Feminist Jurisprudence: Reed v. Reed and Ruth Bader Ginsburgâ#x80;#x99;s Grandparent Brief; 3. Shifting the Boundaries of Equal Protection: Justice Ginsburgâ#x80;#x99;s Defense of Progressive Constitutionalism in United States v. Virginia; 4. Confronting the Boundaries of Abortion Jurisprudence: Justice Ginsburgâ#x80;#x99;s Equality Rationale in Gonzales v. Carhart. |
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5. Ruth Bader Ginsburgâ#x80;#x99;s Legacy of Dissent: Feminist Contributions and Democratic PromiseNotes; Bibliography; Index. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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"Ruth Bader Ginsburg's lifelong effort to reshape the language of American law has had profound consequences: she has shifted the rhetorical boundaries of jurisprudence on a wide range of fundamental issues from equal protection to reproductive rights. Beginning in the early 1970s, Ginsburg led a consequential attack on sexist law in the United States. By directly confronting the patriarchal voice of the law, she pointedly challenged an entrenched genre of legal language that silenced the voices and experiences of American women and undermined their status as equal citizens. On the United States Supreme Court, Justice Ginsburg continues to challenge the traditional scripts of legal discourse to insist on a progressive vision of the Constitution and to demand a more inclusive and democratic body of law. This illuminating work examines Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's contributions in reshaping the rhetoric of the law (specifically through the lens of watershed cases in women's rights) and describes her rhetorical contributions--beginning with her work in the 1970s as a lawyer and an advocate for the ACLU's Women's Rights Project through her tenure as a Supreme Court justice. Katie L. Gibson examines Ginsburg's rhetoric to argue that she has dramatically shifted the boundaries of legal language. Gibson draws from rhetorical theory, critical legal theory, and feminist theory to describe the law as a rhetorical genre, arguing that Ginsburg's jurisprudence can appropriately be understood as a direct challenge to the traditional rhetoric of the law. Ruth Bader Ginsburg stands as an incredibly important figure in late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century feminism. While a growing number of admirers celebrate Justice Ginsburg's voice of dissent today, Ginsburg's rhetorical legacy reveals that she has long articulated a sharp and strategic voice of judicial dissent. This study contributes to a more complete understanding of her feminist legacy by detailing the unique contributions of her legal rhetoric."--Publisher's website. |
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Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933-2020.
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Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933-2020. |
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Women judges -- United States -- Biography.
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Women judges. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Judges -- United States -- Biography.
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Judges. |
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Dissenting opinions -- United States.
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Dissenting opinions. |
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Feminist jurisprudence -- United States -- History.
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Feminist jurisprudence. |
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History. |
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Women's rights -- United States -- History.
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Women's rights. |
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Feminist theory -- History.
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Feminist theory. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Feminist theory. |
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Biographies.
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Print version: Gibson, Katie L. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Legacy of Dissent : Feminist Rhetoric and the Law. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2018 9780817319786 |
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9780817391751 |
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0817391754 |
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9780817319786 |
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0817319786 |
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