Discrimination by association and reverse discrimination on the basis of gender, a tribute to american attorney Ruth Bader Ginsburg, on the 50th aniversary of the case Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld (1975)
by the United States supreme court on death and survivor benefits for child in care
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Child in care benefits, Death and survival, Discrimination by association, Reverse discrimination, Ruth B. Ginsburg, Social Security comparative law, United StatesAbstract
This paper commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Social Security landmark case Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld, decided in 1975 by the United States Supreme Court, on death and survivor benefits for child in care. On the one hand, from a synchronic perspective, it represented then an important step forward in the fight for equality and against gender discrimination; on the other hand, from a diachronic perspective, it would easily fit today into the categories of discrimination by association and reverse discrimination. Let us pay tribute to the contribution of attorney Ruth Bader GINSBURG to the legal victory in favor of the beneficiary in this case, remembering her own words.
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