- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at the age of 87 on September 18, 2020.
- Her final book, Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life’s Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union, will be released posthumously in March 2021.
- This is what we know about Ginsburg's last book—including where you can purchase it.
The words of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg live on in legal decisions, in books, and on graphic T's. They'll also be found in a new book about her storied legal career that will be published posthumously.
Before she died on September 18, Ginsburg worked on a book with Amanda Tyler, her former clerk and a current professor at the University of California, Berkley. The book, entitled Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life’s Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union, is a review of Ginsburg's legal legacy, filtered through her memories and perspective.
Originally meant to come out in the fall, the publication date has been moved to March of 2021. Even if you've read Ginsburg's memoir or seen the biopic On the Basis of Sex, this book will offer new insight into her storied career—and its lingering impact on the American legal system.
Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life's Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Amanda L. Tyler
Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life's Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Amanda L. Tyler
Specifically, the book will feature previously unreleased documents including briefs and oral arguments, speeches, and opinions that she wrote as a Supreme Court justice.
"Each document was chosen by Ginsburg and Tyler to tell the story of the litigation strategy and optimistic vision that were at the heart of Ginsburg's unwavering commitment to the achievement of 'a more perfect Union,'" the book's publisher, the University of California Press, noted in a statement.
The U.S. legal system is different, thanks to Ginsburg—and so are our lives. She campaigned against gender-based discrimination throughout her career. "Ginsburg dismantled long-entrenched systems of discrimination based on outdated stereotypes by showing how such laws hold back both genders," the publisher wrote.
Ginsburg was heavily involved with the creation of the 300-page book. "Over the spring and summer of this year, as Justice Ginsburg and I assembled this book, I had the special privilege of working closely with her one last time," co-author Tyler said in a statement, per the Hollywood Reporter.
"As we exchanged drafts of various parts of this book, the Justice was every bit as rigorous an editor as she had been 20 years ago when I clerked for her. Right up until the end, she was still teaching me about the craft of writing, how important precision is, and to never use four words when three will do," Tyler continued.
The book will be released in March 2021, and is available for preorder at Amazon and Bookshop.org, or through your local indie bookstore. As Ginsburg said, "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." We'll be joining her, once again, in the pages of this book.
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