Claire L'Heureux-Dubé: A Life, Constance Backhouse (Vancouver: UBC Press for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History 2017) -- A Collective Review

12 Pages Posted: 13 Oct 2018

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Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey

University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

Gillian Calder

University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

Patricia Cochran

University of Victoria, Faculty of Law

Maneesha Deckha

University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

Freya Kodar

University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

Hester Lessard

University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

Pooja Parmar

University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

Kate Plyley

University of Victoria

Mark Zion

University of Victoria, Faculty of Law, Students

Date Written: October 10, 2018

Abstract

In June of 2018, a small group of University of Victoria law scholars, students, and staff — a summer reading collective — assembled in the Faculty workroom of the Fraser Building. We gathered together for an enticing purpose: to share our thoughts about Claire L’Heureux-Dubé: A Life, written by University of Ottawa’s distinguished professor of law, Constance Backhouse. This review, written collaboratively, is a snapshot of the conversation that unfolded.

Keywords: Book Review, Legal History, Judiciary, Women Judges, Supreme Court of Canada, Feminism

JEL Classification: K10

Suggested Citation

Adjin-Tettey, Elizabeth and Calder, Gillian and Cochran, Patricia and Deckha, Maneesha and Kodar, Freya and Lessard, Hester and Parmar, Pooja and Plyley, Kate and Zion, Mark, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé: A Life, Constance Backhouse (Vancouver: UBC Press for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History 2017) -- A Collective Review (October 10, 2018). Alberta Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 1, 2018, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3264413

Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey

University of Victoria - Faculty of Law ( email )

P.O. Box 1700, STN CSC
Victoria, B.C. V8W 2Y2
Canada
250.721.8182 (Phone)
250.721.8146 (Fax)

HOME PAGE: http://law.uvic.ca/faculty_staff/faculty_directory/adjintettey.php

Gillian Calder (Contact Author)

University of Victoria - Faculty of Law ( email )

PO Box 1700, STN CSC
McGill at Ring Rds (Fraser Bldg)
Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2
Canada

Patricia Cochran

University of Victoria, Faculty of Law ( email )

PO Box 2300, STN CSC
McGill at Ring Rds (Fraser Bldg)
Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3B1
Canada

Maneesha Deckha

University of Victoria - Faculty of Law ( email )

PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2
Canada
250-721-8175 (Phone)
250-721-8146 (Fax)

HOME PAGE: http://https://www.uvic.ca/law/facultystaff/facultydirectory/deckha.php

Freya Kodar

University of Victoria - Faculty of Law ( email )

PO Box 1700, STN CSC
Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2
Canada

Hester Lessard

University of Victoria - Faculty of Law ( email )

PO Box 2400, STN CSC
Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3H7
Canada
250-721-8164 (Phone)
250-721-8146 (Fax)

HOME PAGE: http://www.law.uvic.ca/faculty_staff/faculty_directory/lessard.php

Pooja Parmar

University of Victoria - Faculty of Law ( email )

PO Box 2300, STN CSC
McGill at Ring Rds (Fraser Bldg)
Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3B1
Canada

Kate Plyley

University of Victoria ( email )

3800 Finnerty Rd
Victoria, British Columbia V8P 5C2
Canada

Mark Zion

University of Victoria, Faculty of Law, Students ( email )

PO Box 2300, STN CSC
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada

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