Brian Dickson: A Judge's Journey

by Robert Sharpe, Kent Roach

Overview

Engaging and incisive, Brian Dickson: A Judge's Journey traces Dickson's life from a Depression-era boyhood in Saskatchewan, to the battlefields of Normandy, the boardrooms of corporate Canada and high judicial office, and provides an inside look at the work of the Supreme Court during its most crucial period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442657717
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Publication date:	05/16/2014
Series:	Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Series
Pages:	642
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.56(d)

About the Author

Robert J. Sharpe is a judge on the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Kent Roach is Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.

Editorial Reviews

‘Both as a biography and as an exposition of judging at the highest level, this is a vital piece of writing. Were it a legal judgment, it would constitute a landmark.’

Globe and Mail - Kirk Makin

‘This is an important and historic work ... With impeccable research and meticulous analysis, Sharpe and Roach give readers unprecedented access to Dickson’s life and career.’

Winnipeg Free Press - Brenlee Carrington

‘Not just a lawyer’s book, nor simply a biography, but a book of important modern Canadian political history ... [Brian Dickson] takes the reader on a tour of what is unique about Canada through the life of one of its greatest citizens.’

Great Plains Quarterly - Chris Axworthy

‘The authors write in a style that rivals Dickson’s for clarity and force.’

Law Times - Paul Truster