At the age of 85, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But without a definitive Ginsburg biography, the unique personal journey of this diminutive, quiet warrior's rise to the nation's highest court has been largely unknown, even to some of her biggest fans - until now. RBG is a revelatory documentary exploring Ginsburg 's exceptional life and career. Available to stream via Academic Video Online (AVON).
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy of Dissent: Feminist Rhetoric and the Law (2018)
A rhetorical analysis of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s feminist jurisprudence 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. This illuminating work examines Justice 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. (ebook)
Read the full report, submitted by then chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Joe Biden, for Justice Ginsburg's nomination to the Supreme Court. Available through Readex.
Inspired by the powerful true story of a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg, On the Basis of Sex depicts a then-struggling attorney and new mother facing adversity in her fight for equal rights. When Ruth takes on a ground-breaking case, she knows the outcome could alter the courts' view of gender discrimination. Stronger together, Ruth teams up with her husband, Martin Ginsburg, to fight the case that catapults her into one of the most important public figures of our time. (DVD, PN1997.O5 L443)
Articles
Resnik, Judith. "Opening the door: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, law's boundaries, and the gender of opportunities. (Symposium Honoring the Advocacy, Scholarship, and Jurisprudence of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg)." Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, vol. 25, no. 1, 2013, pp 81-91.
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader. "A Decent Respect to the Opinions of Humankind: The Value of Comparative Perspective in Constitutional Adjudication." The Cambridge Law Journal, vol. 64, no. 3, 2005, pp 575-592. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008197305006963.
Rubio-Marín, Ruth. ""Notorious RBG": A Conversation with United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg." International Journal of Constitutional Law, vol. 15, no. 3, 2017, pp 602-620. https://doi.org/10.1093/icon/mox053.
Other Resources
Books to Celebrate the Life & Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from the NYPL