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Original Spring 1993 issue of the Indiana Law Journal containing Margaret G. Farrell's Revisiting Roe v. Wade. Octavo, original wrappers, Indiana Law Journal Volume 68, Number 2, Spring 1993. Inscribed by the author on the front wrapper, "With good wishes, great respect and admiration, Margaret Farrell." The recipient, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American lawyer and jurist, 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. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box from the Harcourt Bindery. A unique piece of history. In her 1993 article, Revisiting Roe v. Wade: Substance and Process in the Abortion Debate, Margaret G. Farrell critically examines the Supreme Courtâ s reasoning in Roe v. Wade, arguing that the decision's focus on substantive rights overshadowed essential procedural considerations. Farrell contends that by emphasizing a constitutional right to privacy, the Court neglected the importance of democratic deliberation and the role of legislative processes in shaping abortion policy. She advocates for a jurisprudential approach that balances individual rights with procedural legitimacy, suggesting that such a framework would better accommodate the complex ethical and social dimensions of the abortion debate.
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