Ann Fagan Ginger
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Ann Fagan Ginger is an American
lawyer
, teacher, writer, and political activist. She is the founder and the Executive Director Emerita of the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
in Berkeley. CA.
Ginger has been a visiting professor of law at Hastings, U. of Santa Clara, Puget Sound Law Schools and San Francisco State. She is the author of 22 books and many articles, and lectures widely. She is an expert in human rights law and peace law under the statutes and treaties of the United States and the United Nations
, and has argued and won before the U.S. Supreme Court. She was the Chair of the City of Berkeley Commission on Peace and Justice from 1986-1989 and Vice-Chair from 1989-1999.
Ann Fagan Ginger is the first wife of historian and author Ray Ginger
(1924 – 1975).
United States
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Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
, teacher, writer, and political activist. She is the founder and the Executive Director Emerita of the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
The Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute is a Berkeley, California-based non-profit corporation. MCLI was founded in 1965 .The Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute carries on a wide range of activities, including research, publication, advocacy, and education...
in Berkeley. CA.
Ginger has been a visiting professor of law at Hastings, U. of Santa Clara, Puget Sound Law Schools and San Francisco State. She is the author of 22 books and many articles, and lectures widely. She is an expert in human rights law and peace law under the statutes and treaties of the United States and the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
, and has argued and won before the U.S. Supreme Court. She was the Chair of the City of Berkeley Commission on Peace and Justice from 1986-1989 and Vice-Chair from 1989-1999.
Ann Fagan Ginger is the first wife of historian and author Ray Ginger
Ray Ginger
Raymond Sydney Ginger was an American historian, author, and biographer of wide-ranging scholarship whose special focus was on labor history, economic history, and the epoch often called the Gilded Age...
(1924 – 1975).
Partial list of books
- Bill of Rights Citator 1955-1966 [1967]
- Holdings of Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute and ACLU 1920-1966 [1967]
- California Criminal LawCalifornia criminal lawCalifornia Criminal Law generally follows the law of the United States. However, there are both substantive and procedural differences between how the United States Federal Government and California prosecute alleged violations of criminal law...
Practice [vol. I, 1969] - The Relevant Lawyers;: Conversations out of court on their clients, their practice, their politics, their life style [1972]
- Human Rights Case Finder, 1953—1969
- The Law, the Supreme Court, and the People's Rights [1977]
- Jury Selection in Civil and Criminal Trials [1984]
- The National Lawyers Guild From Roosevelt through Reagan (ed.)
- The Cold War Against Labor [1987]
- Carol Weiss King: Human Rights Lawyer (1895-52) [1993]
- Nuclear Weapons Are Illegal: The Historic Opinion of the World Court and How It Will Be Enforced [1998] Summary
- Human Rights and Peace Law in the U.S. [2003]
- Challenging U.S. Human Rights Violations since 9/11 [2005] Table of Contents
- Landmark Cases Left Out Of Your Textbooks (ed.) [2006]
- The Living Constitution (ed.) [2007]
- Undoing The Bush-Cheney Legacy: A Tool Kit for Congress and Activists (ed.) [2008]
- The U.N. Declaration of Human Rights Is the Law: A Guide to U.D.H.R. Articles in Treaties Ratified by the U.S. (ed.) [2009]