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Connecting the dots : the life of an academic lawyer / Harry Arthurs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arthurs, H. W. (Harry William), 1935- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arthurs, H. W. (Harry William), 1935-.
- Arthurs, H. W.
- Law teachers--Canada--Biography.
- Law teachers.
- College teachers--Canada--Biography.
- College teachers.
- Canada.
- Lawyers--Canada--Biography.
- Lawyers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 170 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press ; Toronto : The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Harry W. Arthurs is a name held in high esteem by labour lawyers and academics throughout the world. Although many are familiar with Arthurs's contributions and accomplishments, few are acquainted with the man himself, or how he came to be one of the most influential figures in Canadian law and legal education. In Connecting the Dots, Arthurs recounts his adventures in academe and the people, principles, ideas, motivations, and circumstances that have shaped his thinking and his career. The memoir offers intimate recollections and observations, beginning with the celebrated ancestors who influenced Arthurs's upbringing and education. It then sweeps through his career as an architect of important reforms in legal education and explores his research as a pioneering commentator on the legal profession. Arthurs analyzes his experiences as a legal theorist and historian and his pivotal role as a discordant voice in debates over constitutional and administrative law. Along the way, he muses on the intellectual projects he embraced or set in motion, the institutional reforms he advocated, the public policies he recommended, and how they fared long term. Framed with commentary on the historical context that shaped each decade of his career and punctuated by moments of personal reflection, Connecting the Dots is a humorous, frank, and fearless account of the rise and fall of Canadian labour law from the man who was at the centre of it all."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Arthurs, H.W. (Harry William), 1935- Conecting the dots.
- ISBN:
- 0773557091
- 9780773557093
- OCLC:
- 1065722779
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