{"product_id":"memoirs-and-reflections-paperback-softback-9781442629028","title":"Memoirs and Reflections (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442629028","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMemoirs and Reflections\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRoy McMurtry (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442629028\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 April 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e582 pages, 56 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.9 cm, 0.96 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Here is a book that should be mandatory reading for every first year law student in Canada, as it is not only filled with a valuable history lesson about our legal profession but it also establishes some benchmarks that young lawyers might set for themselves as they launch their careers.”\u003c\/p\u003e - Michael Cochrane (JUST Magazine) \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eMemoirs and Reflections\u003c\/em\u003e is a reader’s delight… McMurtry’s style is strong, elegant, and balanced to match a public and private life that cannot fail to fascinate and impress.’\u003c\/p\u003e - Jane Mattison Ekstram (British Journal of Canadian Studies vol 28:01:2015) \u003cp\u003e“McMurtry’s book provides a Red Tory elegy for the civility and moderation that have been twin victims of these toxic and partisan times.”\u003c\/p\u003e - Jim Coyle (Toronto Star) \u003cp\u003e“A poignant reminder of a lost era when conservatives were ‘Progressive’ and a heart-warming account of a man whom history will no doubt record left Canada a better place than he found it.”\u003c\/p\u003e - Publishers Weekly (starred review) \u003cp\u003e‘Memoirs and Reflections is a reader’s delight… McMurtry’s style is strong, elegant, and balanced to match a public and private life that cannot fail to fascinate and impress.’\u003c\/p\u003e - Jane Mattison (Ekstam, British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol 28:01:2015) \u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;\u003ci\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/i\u003e, adds another dimension to a set of remarkable first-hand impressions of critical moments in Canadian history (including the patriation of the constitution), and a perspective on the idealism that made numerous achievements possible.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Ryan Alford (Ontario History, Autumn 2016)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom “the Kid” on the Varsity Blues football team to “the Chief” at Osgoode Hall, R. Roy McMurtry has had a remarkably varied and influential career. As reformist attorney general of Ontario, one of the architects of the agreement that brought about the patriation of the Canadian Constitution, high commissioner to the United Kingdom, and chief justice of Ontario, he made a large and enduring contribution to Canadian law, politics, and life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese memoirs cover all these facets of his remarkable career, as well as his law practice, his work on various commissions of inquiry, and his reflections on family, sport, and art. This volume is both an account of his life in public service and a portrait of a humane, humorous, still optimistic, and always decent man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by Jim Phillips\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One: Getting Established\u003cbr\u003e  Part Two: The Practice of Law\u003cbr\u003e  Part Three: Attorney General of Ontario\u003cbr\u003e  Part Four: At the Court of St James and Home Again\u003cbr\u003e  Part Six: Retirement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e  Index\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":52588162777368,"sku":"9781442629028","price":28.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/memoirs-and-reflections-paperback-softback-9781442629028","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}