Shestack, Jerome J [Ruth Bader Ginsburg]Biblio.com
Leadership and the Legal Profession in a Democratic Society.
151281The Peter Gruber Foundation. Original offprint of Jerome J. Shestack's Leadership and the Legal Profession in a Democratic Society. Octavo original wrappers. Association copy inscribed by the author on the front wrapper "To Justice Ginsburg. Ah would that we had leaders like you! With esteem Jerry."  The recipient 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 O’Connor. Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’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 “the Notorious R.B.G.†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 Institute’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. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Jerome J. Shestack 1932–2011 was an American attorney diplomat and prominent leader within the legal profession known for his work in complex commercial litigation and appellate advocacy. Over the course of his career he became a respected figure in both domestic legal practice and international human rights diplomacy serving as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in the late twentieth century. Shestack also held significant leadership roles within the American legal community including serving as President of the American Bar Association where he promoted the rule of law legal ethics and international cooperation among legal institutions. The Peter Gruber Foundation unknown
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