Judging Bertha Wilson: Law as Large as Life

by Ellen Anderson

Overview

Supported with the warmth and generosity of Wilson's numerous personal anecdotes, this work illuminates the life and thought of a woman who has left an extraordinary mark on Canada's legal landscape.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802085825
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	12/15/2002
Series:	Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	532
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.19(d)

About the Author

Ellen Anderson is an associate with the law firm of Gibson & Adams in Barrie, Ontario. She is the recipient of the Viscount Bennett Fellowship (1999-2000) awarded by the Canadian Bar Association in support of Anderson's doctoral thesis in law.

What People are Saying About This

The Honorable Robert J. Sharpe

'Ellen Anderson's book provides an engaging, thoughtful and hightly readable account of the life of Bertha Wilson, one of Canada's greatest judges.'

Editorial Reviews

'This is an exceptional book about an exceptional judge ... one of the best biographies I have ever read.'--The Right Honourable Antonio Lamer

'Anderson offers both a book and a challenge worth picking up.'--Rebecca Johnson

'An engaging, competent, and illuminating treatment of the life of one of the chief architects of Charter jurisprudence and human rights in Canada.'--Thomas M. J. Bateman

From the Publisher

'An engaging, competent, and illuminating treatment of the life of one of the chief architects of Charter jurisprudence and human rights in Canada.'

The Law and Politics Book Review - Thomas M. J. Bateman

'Anderson offers both a book and a challenge worth picking up.'

The Canadian Bar Review - Rebecca Johnson

'This is an exceptional book about an exceptional judge ... one of the best biographies I have ever read.'

Ottawa Law Review - The Right Honourable Antonio Lamer