Launch of edited collection on Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada announced

New Federation is launching its edited collection, "The Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada" at Osgoode Hall in Toronto on October 14, 2014 (co-hosted by the Law Society of Upper Canada and Osgoode Hall Law School with R. Roy McMurtry as guest of honour.)

New Federation is a non-profit charitable organization, and they are seeking help with the publishing costs from the profession. For more information, contact Gerry Gummersell, gummersellgroup@aol.com 

The table of contents shows a diverse and interesting list of contributors, including a number of legal historians.

 (Apologies for the weird formatting. Cut and pasted from a Word document.)

Chief Justices                                       Authors

Sir William Buell Richards                  Lawrence Martin-The Globe and Mail

[1875-79]                                              

                                                               

Sir William Johnstone Ritchie            E. Bruce Mellett

[1879-92]                                              Partner, Bennett Jones LLP

                                                                

                                                                                                                         

Sir Samuel Henry Strong                    Prof. Jamie Benidickson-Biographer

[1892-1902]                                          Faculty of Law-University of Ottawa

                                                                                                                    

                                                                

Sir Henri-Elzear Taschereau              Prof. & Dean Guy Lefevre

[1902-06]                                             Faculty of Law-Universite de Montreal

Sir Charles Fitzpatrick                         Prof. Adam Dodek

[1906-18]                                              Vice Dean Common Law Section

                                                                Faculty of Law- University of Ottawa

                                                                                                                

Sir Louis Henry Davies                        Mr. Justice James C. MacPherson   

[1918-24]                                              Ontario Court of Appeal

                                                               

                                                               

Francis Alexander Anglin                    John J. L. Hunter Q. C.

[1924-33]                                               Hunter Litigation Chambers-Vancouver

                                                                                         

                                                                

Sir Lyman Poore Duff                          Prof. Lorne Sossin

[1933-44]                                               Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School

                                                                                                                 

Thibaudeau Rinfret                             Prof. Sylvio Normand

[1944-54]                                              Faculty of Law

                                                               Universite Laval

                                       

Patrick Kerwin                                      Prof. Carissima Mathen

[1954-63]                                              Faculty of Law-Common Law Section

                                                                University of Ottawa

                                                                                                      

                                                                

Robert Taschereau [1963-67]            Prof. Michel Morin             

[1963-67]                                               Faculty of Law

                                                                 Universite de Montreal

John Robert Cartwright                        Prof. Emeritus Peter H. Russell

[1967-70]                                              Dept. of Pol. Sci. U of T

                                                                  

                                                                  

Joseph Honore Gerald Fauteux           Prof. Sebastien Grammond

[1970-73]                                             Dean, Civil Law, University of Ottawa 

                                                                                                            

Bora Laskin                                               Prof. Philip Girard

[1973-84]                                                  Osgoode Hall Law School

                                                                   

                                                                   

Brian Dickson                                           Mr.  Justice Robert Sharpe

[1984-90]                                                  Ontario Court of Appeal

                                                                   

                                                                 

Antonio Lamer                                         Prof. Susan Herada

[1990-2000]                                             Carleton University                                                                                                                                       

                                            

Beverley McLachlin                                 Eugene Meehan Q.C.

 [2000- ]                                                     Supreme Advocacy LLP