Overview

From ""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. These 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.

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Author:   Roy McMurtry
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.960kg
ISBN:  

9781442629028

ISBN 10:   1442629029
Pages:   582
Publication Date:   13 April 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Jim Phillips Part One: Getting Established Part Two: The Practice of Law Part Three: Attorney General of Ontario Part Four: At the Court of St James and Home Again Part Six: Retirement Acknowledgments Index

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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. -- Michael Cochrane JUST Magazine 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. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) McMurtry's book provides a Red Tory elegy for the civility and moderation that have been twin victims of these toxic and partisan times. -- Jim Coyle Toronto Star '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.' -- Jane Mattison Ekstram British Journal of Canadian Studies vol 28:01:2015

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. -- Michael Cochrane JUST Magazine '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.' -- Jane Mattison Ekstram British Journal of Canadian Studies vol 28:01:2015

Author Information

The Honourable Roy McMurtry, OC, O.Ont., QC, is currently Chancellor of York University and serves as counsel to Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP.

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