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Claire LHeureux-Dubé: A Life

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By (author): Constance Backhouse

Both lionized and vilified, Claire LHeureux-Dubé has shaped the Canadian legal landscape and in particular its highest court. The second woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, and the first from Quebec, she was known as the great dissenter on the bench, making judgments that were applauded and criticized in turn.

LHeureux-Dubés innovative legal approach was anchored in the social, economic, and political context of her cases. Constance Backhouse employs a similar tactic. Rather than focusing exclusively on her high-profile cases and jurisprudential legacy, sheexplores the socio-political and cultural setting in which LHeureux-Dubés career unfolded, while also considering her personal life.

This compelling biography covers aspects of legal history that have never been so fully investigated, enhancing our understanding of the judiciary, the creation of law, the distinctive socio-legal environment of Quebec, the experiences of women in the legal profession, and the inner workings of the top court.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 1260g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Nov 2017
  • Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
  • Publication City/Country: Canada
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780774836326

About Constance Backhouse

Constance Backhouse holds a Distinguished University Chair and a University Research Chair in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa. Among her many books are Carnal Crimes: Sexual Assault Law in Canada 19001975 (2008); The Heiress vs the Establishment: Mrs. Campbells Campaign for Legal Justice (2004; with Nancy L. Backhouse); Colour-Coded: A Legal History of Racism in Canada 19001950 (1999); and Petticoats and Prejudice: Women and Law in Nineteenth-Century Canada (1991). Professor Backhouse has received the Augusta Stowe-Gullen Medal (1981) the J. Willard Hurst Prize (1992) the Law Society Medal (1998) a Bora Laskin National Fellowship in Human Rights Research (1999) a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellowship (2006) the Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Law (2006) the Killam Prize (2008) the Governor Generals Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case (2013) and the Molson Prize (2015). She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2004 and was named to the Order of Canada in 2008 and the Order of Ontario in 2010.

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