Wife Beating: The Silent Crisis.

Langley, Roger; Richard C. Levy [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]

Published by E.P. Dutton, New York, 1977

About this Item

First edition of this work about the neglected subject of intra-marital assault. Octavo, original half cloth. From the library of Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a typed letter signed to her, folded and paper clipped to the front free endpaper. American lawyer and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 and was responsible for some of the most eventful legal decisions of the past half-century. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993 to replace retiring justice Byron White, Ginsburg became the first Jewish woman and the second woman to serve on the Court, after Sandra Day Oâ Connor. Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and womenâ s rights, winning many arguments before the Supreme Court. During her tenure as associate justice of the Supreme Court, Ginsburg received attention for her fiery and passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She was popularly dubbed â the Notorious R.B.G.â , a moniker she later embraced. She authored several important majority opinions related to gender discrimination, voting rights, and affirmative action in cases such as United States v. Virginia (1996) which struck down the Virginia Military Instituteâ s male-only admissions policy as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Olmstead v. L.C. (1999) in which the Court ruled that mental illness is a form of disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc. (2000) in which the Court held that residents have standing to seek fines for an industrial polluter that affected their interests and that is able to continue doing so. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. "The people of the United States have yet to learn how to convert their tendency to violence into compassion and tenderness. We are in danger of losing sight of one of this nation's major social goals, one on which it was founded, that is, to tap the humanity and creative potential of all citizens and to provide the environment and resources necessary for the individual citizen to realize his creative potential. We possess the potential both for violence and for humaneness, and are capable of acting in brotherhood and with understanding" (Dr. Sidney Wasserman).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wife Beating: The Silent Crisis.
• Publisher: E.P. Dutton, New York
• Publication Date: 1977
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Edition