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  Richard Posner's groundbreaking work Economic Analysis of Law; From the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  POSNER, Richard [Ruth Bader Ginsburg].

  Economic Analysis of Law.

  Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977.

  Second edition, early printing of the author's groundbreaking work, from the library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with her ownership stamp to the front free endpaper. Octavo, original cloth. 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 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...

  Price: $5,000.00     Item Number: 146017

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  First Edition of Economic Analysis of Law; Signed by Richard Posner

  POSNER, Richard.

  Economic Analysis of Law.

  Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1973.

  First edition of the author's groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Issued without a dust jacket. Signed by Richard Posner on the title page. In near fine condition, the text has some light underlining in it.

  Price: $2,800.00     Item Number: 3866

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