Justice Bertha Wilson - One Woman’s Difference (Paperback)

Bertha Wilson's appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1982 capped off a career of firsts. Wilson had been the first woman lawyer and partner at a prominent Toronto law firm and the first woman appointed to the Ontario Court of Appeal. Her career and passing in 2007 have provoked reflection on her contributions to Canadian society and the question, what difference do women judges make? Justice Bertha Wilson examines Wilson's career through three distinct frames - foundations, controversy, and reflections - and a wide range of feminist perspectives. Taken together, these provocative essays paint a nuanced portrait of a complex, controversial woman who made a deep impression on the Canadian legal landscape.

Kim Brooks is an associate professor and the H. Heward Stikeman Chair in the Law of Taxation in the Faculty of Law at McGill University.

Contributors: Elizabeth AdjinTettey, Beverley Baines, Marie-Claire Belleau, Janine Benedet, Susan B. Boyd, Kim Brooks, Melina Buckley, Rosemary Cairns Way, Gillian Calder, T. Brettel Dawson, Angela Fernandez, Isabel Grant, Rebecca Johnson, Larissa Katz, Claire L'HeureuxDub, Moira L. McConnell, Mary Jane Mossman, Shannon O'Byrne, Debra Parkes, Janis Sarra, Beatrice Tice, Lorna Turnbull, Christina Vinters.

General

Imprint:	University of British Columbia Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	Law and Society
Release date:	July 2010
First published:	2009
Editors:	Kim Brooks
Dimensions:	241 x 159mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-0-7748-1733-2
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal profession > General
LSN:	0-7748-1733-X
Barcode:	9780774817332

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