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THE CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA
from 1875 to the present
ISBN 978-0-9880919-8-6
Jean Chevrier, D. L. Daigneault & Gerald G. Gummersell, Editors
$29.95 (taxes included)
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The Governor General, the Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of Canada form a triumvirate that oversees the country’s direction.
Created in 1875, the Supreme Court of Canada became the court of last resort and the final arbiter of legal disputes when the government abolished the appeals to the Privy Council in London in 1949.
Since then the Supreme Court of Canada has shaped the country’s political, social and economic landscape, especially with the advent of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982.
Seventeen Chief Justices have presided over the court, sixteen men and one woman. This volume on the Chief Justices examines their lives and career paths, the challenges they faced, and some of the historic decisions rendered on major public issues.
Written by some of the best legal scholars in the country, these biographies of the Chief Justices of Canada are part of a special series of books on Canadian leaders published in English and French by New Federation House.
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for financial support in the realization of this project. |
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We are grateful for the support of
Bennett Jones LLP
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
The Law Society of Upper Canada
Osgoode Hall Law School - York University |
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We also wish to thank
the Supreme Court of Canada
for archival photos and for
official portraits of the Chief Justices. |
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This book is also dedicated to the memory of the late Supreme Court Justice, the Honourable Charles Gonthier, for his enthusiastic support of this project. |
Chapters and authors:
The Chief Justices |
The Authors |
Sir William Buell Richards |
Lawrence Martin, Journalist, The Globe & Mail |
Sir William Johnstone Ritchie |
E. Bruce Mellett, Partner, Bennett Jones LLP |
Sir Samuel Henry Strong |
Jamie Benedickson, Law Professor, University of Ottawa |
Sir Henri-Elzéar Taschereau |
Guy Lefebvre, Dean, Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal |
Sir Charles Fitzpatrick |
Adam Dodek, Vice-Dean of Common Law, University of Ottawa |
Sir Louis Henry Davies |
Justice James C. Macpherson, Ontario Court of Appeal |
Francis Alexander Anglin |
John J. L. Hunter, Q.C., Hunter Litigation Chambers |
Sir Lyman Poore Duff |
Lorne Sossin, Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University |
Thibaudeau Rinfret |
Sylvio Normand, Law Professor, Université Laval |
Patrick Kerwin |
Carissima Mathen, Professor of Common Law, University of Ottawa |
Robert Taschereau |
Michel Morin, Law Professor, Université de Montréal |
John Robert Cartwright |
Peter H. Russell, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto |
Joseph Honoré Gérald Fauteux |
Sébastien Grammond, Former Dean of Civil Law, University of Ottawa |
Bora Laskin |
Philip Girard, Law Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University |
Robert George Brian Dickson |
Justice Robert Sharpe, Ontario Court of Appeal |
Antonio Lamer |
Susan Harada, Journalism Professor, Carleton University |
Beverley McLachlin |
Eugene Meehan, Q.C., Supreme Advocacy LLP |
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