Bora Laskin: Bringing Law to Life

by Philip Girard

Book Overview

In any account of twentieth-century Canadian law, Bora Laskin (1912-1984) looms large. Born in northern Ontario to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents, Laskin became a prominent human rights activist, university professor, and labour arbitrator before embarking on his 'accidental career' as a judge on the Ontario Court of Appeal (1965) and later Chief Justice of Canada (1973-1984). Throughout his professional career, he used the law to make Canada a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802090443
• ISBN13: 9780802090447
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 646 Pages
• Weight: 2.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.3" x 9.0"