Document Type
Chapter of Book
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
In her twenty plus years on the United States Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has issued momentous decisions and significant dissents concerning constitutional guarantees of equality. She is best known for her leadership – as an advocate, scholar, judge, and justice – on issues of gender discrimination. Although one might expect related commitments to civil liberties to shape cases concerning the criminal justice process, Justice Ginsburg’s mark on constitutional criminal procedure appears comparatively faint. Her contributions have been subtle, and her cautious opinions at first seem disconnected from the clear principles established in the discrimination cases.
Citation
Lisa Kern Griffin, Barriers to Entry and Justice Ginsburg's Criminal Procedure Jurisprudence, in The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg 102-116 (Scott Dodson ed., 2015)
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Criminal procedure, Equality before the law
Included in
Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, Constitutional Law Commons, Criminal Procedure Commons, Judges Commons
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107477131.012
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_scholarship/3361
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