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Title Statement | Claire L'Heureux-Dubé: a life / Constance Backhouse. |
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Series | Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.) |
Author | Backhouse, Constance, 1952- |
Publication | Vancouver: UBC Press,[2017]©2017 |
Extent of Item | xviii, 740 pages |
ISBN | 0774836326 9780774836326 |
Other Number | 3240015 |
General Notes | "Published by UBC Press for The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History." |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | "Both lionized and vilified, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé has shaped the Canadian legal landscape - and in particular its highest court. Only the second woman on the Supreme Court of Canada, L'Heureux-Dubé anchored her approach to cases in their social, economic, and political context. This compelling biography takes a similar tack, tracing the experience of a francophone woman within the male-dominated Quebec legal profession - and within the primarily anglophone world of the Supreme Court. In the process, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé enhances our understanding of the Canadian judiciary, the creation of law, the Quebec socio-legal environment, and the nation's top court"--Provided by publisher. |
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By Topic | Women judges--Biography--Canada |
Judges--Biography--Canada | |
By Name | L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire |
CanadaSupreme Court--Biography |