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Memoirs and Reflections / Roy McMurtry.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McMurtry, Roy, author.
- Series:
- Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.
- Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McMurtry, R. Roy (Roland Roy), 1932-.
- McMurtry, R. Roy.
- Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General--Officials and employees--Biography.
- Ontario.
- Attorneys general--Ontario--Biography.
- Attorneys general.
- Judges--Ontario--Biography.
- Judges.
- Diplomats--Canada--Biography.
- Diplomats.
- Constitutional history--Canada.
- Constitutional history.
- Justice, Administration of--Ontario.
- Justice, Administration of.
- Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (638 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- These memoirs cover all these facets of his remarkable career, as well as his law practice, his work on various commissions of inquiry, and his reflections on family, sport, and art.
- Contents:
- Part One: Getting Established. 1 The McMurtry Family Tree
- 2 School and Sports
- 3 Student Days at the University of Toronto
- 4 Preparing for a Career in Law at Osgoode Hall
- 5 Articling Student.
- Part Two: The Practice of Law. 6 Early Law Career
- 7 Mentor, Arthur Maloney
- 8 Entering the Political Arena
- 9 Family Life
- 10 Member of the Kitchen Cabinet
- 11 The By-election, Community Service, and the Law.
- Part Four: At the Court of St James and Home Again. 29 My New Life as High Commissioner in London
- 30 The High Commissioner's Work
- 31 My Years with Blaney, McMurtry and the Canadian Football League
- 32 Sport as a Development Tool in the Commonwealth.
- Part Five: Sixteen Years as a Judge. 33 Appointment to the Bench, 1991
- 34 Chief Justice of Ontario
- 35 The Role of Judges in Relation to the Rule of Law, Independence, and the Charter of Rights
- 36 Visits to Cuba.
- Part Six: Retirement. 37 Life after Judicial Retirement
- 38 Reflections on My Life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 13. Sep 2017)
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-1662-8
- 1-4426-1661-X
- OCLC:
- 863054007
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