- Hardcover: 668 pages
- Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division; 1 edition (Oct 3 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1442640707
- ISBN-13: 978-1442640702
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 16.3 x 4.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 930 g
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#300,900 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #61 in Books > Law > Biographies
- #65 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Professionals & Academics > Lawyers & Judges
- #87 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Regional Canada > Ontario
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In Canadian Maverick, bestselling author William Kaplan critically examines the life and times of lawyer, politician, academic, and Supreme Court Justice Ivan C. Rand. Born to a working-class New Brunswick family, Rand's hard work and impressive intellect led to an extraordinary career that redefined Canada's legal landscape.
Rand's 1943 appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada invigorated what was then a pedestrian institution. His work in labour law, including his development of the Rand Formula, and his key judgments in civil liberties cases inspired a generation of Canadian judges, lawyers, and law students.
Kaplan's rigorous study encompasses Rand's legal contributions, his pivotal role in the creation of the State of Israel, and his position as founding dean of the University of Western Ontario's Faculty of Law. An absorbing account of a complex and sometimes contradictory figure, Canadian Maverick draws a compelling portrait of one of Canada's most influential legal minds.
About the Author
William Kaplan is a Toronto lawyer and legal historian.
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Canadian Maverick:The Life and Times of Ivan C. Rand, Jan 12 2011
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This is a must read for every student, young and old, of legal and political history of Canada. In detailing how Rand affected labor law and civil rights law (ultimately leading to The Charter of Rights), this book discloses how independent thought created change at the highest court level. Of particular interest is how active the Communists were in the North American labor scene immediately following WW 2 and how they tried and failed to control the UAW in Canada and the USA and the role Rand played in arbitrating the Ford strike in 1947. Rand, a New Brunswick native, was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada(C.C.), its highest award of merit, recognizing his many contributions to Canadian society.
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