{"product_id":"bora-laskin-bringing-law-to-life-paperback-softback-9781442626188","title":"Bora Laskin; Bringing Law to Life (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442626188","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBora Laskin\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBringing Law to Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilip Girard (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442626188\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 September 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e690 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15.2 x 3.5 cm, 0.94 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 better place for workers, racial and ethnic minorities, and the disadvantaged. As a judge, he sought to make the judiciary more responsive to modern Canadian expectations of justice and fundamental rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBora Laskin: Bringing Law to Life\u003c\/i\u003e, Philip Girard chronicles the life of a man who, at all points of his life, was a fighter for a better Canada: he fought antisemitism, corporate capital, omnipotent university boards, the Law Society of Upper Canada, and his own judicial colleagues in an effort to modernize institutions and re-shape Canadian law. Girard exploits a wealth of previously untapped archival sources to provide, in vivid detail, a critical assessment of a restless man on an important mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I: Starting Out\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 The Lakehead \u003cbr\u003e 2 Law School \u003cbr\u003e 3 Articling \u003cbr\u003e 4 Harvard \u003cbr\u003e 5 Waiting \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II: The Academy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6 Professor \u003cbr\u003e 7 Osgoode \u003cbr\u003e 8 Revolution \u003cbr\u003e 9 Federalism \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III: Extra-curricular\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10 Arbitrator \u003cbr\u003e 11 Human Rights \u003cbr\u003e 12 Academic Freedom \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart IV: Transitions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 13 Elder Statesman \u003cbr\u003e 14 The Accidental Judge \u003cbr\u003e 15 Ontario Court of Appeal \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part V: The Supreme Court of Canada\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 16 On to Ottawa \u003cbr\u003e 17 Early Promise \u003cbr\u003e 18 Chief Justice \u003cbr\u003e 19 The Laskin Court \u003cbr\u003e 20 The Great Dissenter \u003cbr\u003e 21 Architect of Public Law \u003cbr\u003e 22 Patriation \u003cbr\u003e 23 The Berger Affair \u003cbr\u003e 24 Final Years \u003cbr\u003e 25 Epilogue \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003enotes \u003cbr\u003e  illustration credits \u003cbr\u003e  index \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52588160549144,"sku":"9781442626188","price":29.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/bora-laskin-bringing-law-to-life-paperback-softback-9781442626188","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}