Structure

My Own Words is divided in five parts: Part One: "Early Years and Lighter Side," Part Two: "Tributes to Waypavers and Pathmarkers," Part Three: "On Gender Equality: Women and the Law," Part Four: "A Judge Becomes a Justice," and Part Five: "The Justice on Judging and Justice." The authors then divide each of these overarching sections into a series of shorter titled and numbered chapters. This neat structural framework grants the reader a navigational tool for studying and digesting Ginsburg's adolescent, academic, and vocational writings. Indeed, while My Own Words is predominated by Ginsburg's words and voice, the text is a collection of Ginsburg's speeches, articles, and lectures, rather than a traditional narrative memoir about Ginsburg's life and career. Because the authors volunteered themselves to work with Ginsburg on the collection, their voices also appear throughout the text in the form of prefaces, introductions, and conclusions. These...