Ruth Bader Ginsburg : a life / Jane Sherron De Hart.
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TextPublisher: London : Scribe UK, 2020Description: 608 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781913348496 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Ginsburg, Ruth Bader | United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees | Women judges -- United States -- Biography | Judges -- United States -- Biography | Biography | BiographyDDC classification: 347.7'32634 Summary: In this comprehensive, revelatory biography - 15 years of interviews and research in the making - historian Jane Sherron De Hart explores the central experiences that crucially shaped Ginsburg's passion for justice, her advocacy for gender equality, and her meticulous jurisprudence. At the heart of her story and abiding beliefs was her Jewish background, specifically the concept of tikkun olam, the Hebrew injunction to 'repair the world', with its profound meaning for a young girl who grew up during the Holocaust and World War II.
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In this comprehensive, revelatory biography - 15 years of interviews and research in the making - historian Jane Sherron De Hart explores the central experiences that crucially shaped Ginsburg's passion for justice, her advocacy for gender equality, and her meticulous jurisprudence. At the heart of her story and abiding beliefs was her Jewish background, specifically the concept of tikkun olam, the Hebrew injunction to 'repair the world', with its profound meaning for a young girl who grew up during the Holocaust and World War II.
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