Tracings of Gerald Le Dain's Life in the Law
Gerald Le Dain (1924–2007) was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1984. This collectively written biography traces fifty years of his steady, creative, and conciliatory involvement with military service, the legal academy, legislative reform, university administration, and judicial decision-making. This book assembles contributions from the in-house historian of the law firm where Le Dain first practised, from students and colleagues in the law schools where he taught, from a research associate in his Commission of Inquiry into the non-medical use of drugs, from two of his successors on the Federal Court of Appeal, and from three judicial clerks to Le Dain at the Supreme Court of Canada. Also reproduced here is a transcript of a recent CBC documentary about his 1988 forced resignation from the Supreme Court following a short-term depressive illness, with commentary from Le Dain’s family and co-workers. Gerald Le Dain was a tireless worker and a highly respected judge. In a series of essays that cover the different periods and dimensions of his career, Tracings of Gerald Le Dain’s Life in the Law is an important and compassionate account of one man's commitment to the law in Canada. Contributors include Harry W. Arthurs, G. Blaine Baker, Bonnie Brown, Rosemary Cairns-Way, John M. Evans, Melvyn Green, Bernard J. Hibbitts, Peter W. Hogg, Richard A. Janda, C. Ian Kyer, Andree Lajoie, Gerald E. Le Dain, Allen M. Linden, Roderick A. Macdonald, Louise Rolland, and Stephen A. Scott.
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Tracings of Gerald Le Dain's Life in the Law
Gerald Le Dain (1924–2007) was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1984. This collectively written biography traces fifty years of his steady, creative, and conciliatory involvement with military service, the legal academy, legislative reform, university administration, and judicial decision-making. This book assembles contributions from the in-house historian of the law firm where Le Dain first practised, from students and colleagues in the law schools where he taught, from a research associate in his Commission of Inquiry into the non-medical use of drugs, from two of his successors on the Federal Court of Appeal, and from three judicial clerks to Le Dain at the Supreme Court of Canada. Also reproduced here is a transcript of a recent CBC documentary about his 1988 forced resignation from the Supreme Court following a short-term depressive illness, with commentary from Le Dain’s family and co-workers. Gerald Le Dain was a tireless worker and a highly respected judge. In a series of essays that cover the different periods and dimensions of his career, Tracings of Gerald Le Dain’s Life in the Law is an important and compassionate account of one man's commitment to the law in Canada. Contributors include Harry W. Arthurs, G. Blaine Baker, Bonnie Brown, Rosemary Cairns-Way, John M. Evans, Melvyn Green, Bernard J. Hibbitts, Peter W. Hogg, Richard A. Janda, C. Ian Kyer, Andree Lajoie, Gerald E. Le Dain, Allen M. Linden, Roderick A. Macdonald, Louise Rolland, and Stephen A. Scott.
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Tracings of Gerald Le Dain's Life in the Law

Tracings of Gerald Le Dain's Life in the Law

Tracings of Gerald Le Dain's Life in the Law

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Gerald Le Dain (1924–2007) was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1984. This collectively written biography traces fifty years of his steady, creative, and conciliatory involvement with military service, the legal academy, legislative reform, university administration, and judicial decision-making. This book assembles contributions from the in-house historian of the law firm where Le Dain first practised, from students and colleagues in the law schools where he taught, from a research associate in his Commission of Inquiry into the non-medical use of drugs, from two of his successors on the Federal Court of Appeal, and from three judicial clerks to Le Dain at the Supreme Court of Canada. Also reproduced here is a transcript of a recent CBC documentary about his 1988 forced resignation from the Supreme Court following a short-term depressive illness, with commentary from Le Dain’s family and co-workers. Gerald Le Dain was a tireless worker and a highly respected judge. In a series of essays that cover the different periods and dimensions of his career, Tracings of Gerald Le Dain’s Life in the Law is an important and compassionate account of one man's commitment to the law in Canada. Contributors include Harry W. Arthurs, G. Blaine Baker, Bonnie Brown, Rosemary Cairns-Way, John M. Evans, Melvyn Green, Bernard J. Hibbitts, Peter W. Hogg, Richard A. Janda, C. Ian Kyer, Andree Lajoie, Gerald E. Le Dain, Allen M. Linden, Roderick A. Macdonald, Louise Rolland, and Stephen A. Scott.

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ISBN-13: 9780773556195
Publisher: McGill-Queens University Press
Publication date: 05/30/2019
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

G. Blaine Baker (1952–2018) was a teacher and scholar of Canadian legal history at McGill University and University of Toronto law schools.

Richard Janda is associate professor in the Faculty of Law at McGill University.


G. Blaine Baker (1952-2018) was a teacher and scholar of Canadian legal history at McGill University and University of Toronto law schools.

Table of Contents

Preface Bernard J. Hibbitts vii

1 Juristic Biographies, Homage Volumes, and "Tracings of Gerald Le Dain's Life in the Law" G. Blaine Baker 3

2 University Boot Camp and World War II Army Service Gerald E. Le Dain 49

3 The Walker, Martineau Years, 1950-1953 C. Ian Kyer 60

4 Part-time Montreal Law Practice and Part-time Law School Lecturing of the 1950s and 1960s Stephen Scott 68

5 Le Dain and Legal Education: A Tale of Two Cities Roderick A. Macdonald 79

6 The Tree of Knowledge, the Axe of Power: Le Dain and the Transformation of Canadian Legal Education H.W. Arthurs 106

7 An Accidental Soldier in the War against the War on Drugs Melvyn Green 133

8 Pleading Public Law Issues in the Barfried Enterprises Case Gerald E. Le Dain 168

9 The Federal Court Years, 1975-1984 John M. Evans 170

10 Crown Zellerbach: Bringing Clarity to National Concern Peter W. Hogg 216

11 Constitutional Transitions: Le Dain's Approach to Jurisdiction over the Environment Richard Janda 230

12 Gerald Le Dain: Sur la société libre et démocratique Andrée Lajoie Louise Rolland 335

13 Judicial Opinion Writing Gerald E. Le Dain 385

14 Engaged Professionalism Rosemary Cairns Way 388

15 "One Judge Down" Bonnie Brown 406

16 Cases Argued, Cases Decided, and Scholarly Writing of Gerald Le Dain G. Blaine Baker 417

Postface Allen M. Linden 428

Contributors 431

Index 437

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