My Own Words

She was instrumental in launching the ACLU’s women’s Rights Project. Appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C circuit in 1980 and to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993.
Mary Hartnett is an adjunct Professor at Georgetown Law, focusing on international women’s human rights and Wendy W. Williams is Professor Emerita at Georgetown Law, best known for her work in the area of gender and law, especially concerning issues of work and family.

In “my own words” Ginsburg, Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams pull together some of Ginsberg’s most salient works over her long career to produce an outcome entirely relevant to the ongoing challenges of 21st century America.

The book brings together a number of works written and spoken at a number of forums and venues: from her eighth-grade school newspaper editorial championing the Charter of the United States, to her judgements, publications, and even her remarks at memorial service recalling her friendship with her colleague Justice Antonin Scalia.

A particular chapter is dedicated to contributions and works of the wives of Supreme Court Justices, highlighting the wit, intelligence, wisdom of partners who were largely forgotten by others.

The last part of the book talks about judging and justice. This part not only produces her observations made from the bench in a number of high-profile cases but also produces her bench statements, which otherwise are not readily available.

This book is a library in itself because most of what is included is either not easily accessible or not at all accessible. Filled with ample footnotes and sources, it provides a deep insight into some of the most talked about cases/ topics. Photographs of Index is attached for reference.