Unbounded level of the mind : Rod Macdonald's legal imagination / edited by Richard Janda, Rosalie Jukier and Daniel Jutras.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Janda, Richard, Author.

Contributor:

Janda, Richard, editor.

Jukier, Rosalie, editor.

Jutras, Daniel, editor.

McGill University. Faculty of Law, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Macdonald, Roderick A., 1948-2014.

Macdonald, Roderick A.

Law--Canada.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Roderick A. Macdonald (1948-2014), internationally renowned for his expertise on access to justice, legal pluralism, and the philosophy of law, was first and foremost a teacher and mentor. He believed in the law as a promise our society makes to itself, and passionately imparted this message to students who went on to become lawyers, judges, and academics. Throughout his career, including participation in several government commissions and tenures as dean of law at McGill University and president of the Law Commission of Canada, he strove to promote ideas that have become woven into our contemporary understanding of unity, reconciliation, accommodation, and social justice. The Unbounded Level of the Mind brings together the fascinating essays developed from presentations made at a symposium, held in February 2014 at McGill’s Faculty of Law, in honour of Rod Macdonald. Eminent legal scholars from Canada and beyond explore various aspects of Macdonald’s rich scholarship, reflecting on the influence this has had on their own work and its implications for the future. Organized around six cross-cutting themes – kaleidoscopic federalism, producing fairness, pluralizing the subject, the priority of distributive justice, contextualizing governance, and pursuing virtue – this volume is both a tribute to Macdonald’s dedication to the law and a call to challenge all assumptions in the quest to better our society.

Contents:

Preface

Biography of Rod Macdonald

Part one. Lessons from Rod Macdonald's scholarship

Part two. Lessons from Rod Macdonald's everyday life

Part three. Lessons from Rod Macdonald, in his own words

Appendix. Symposium texts by Rod Macdonald.

Notes:

Proceedings of a symposium held in honour of McGill Dean of Law Rod Macdonald, 'The Unbounded Level of the Mind : Rod Macdonald's Legal Imagination' held at the Faculty of Law, McGill University from February 7-8, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 6, 2015).

ISBN:

0-7735-8342-4

0-7735-8341-6

OCLC:

921534221