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Beschreibung
Justice Abella was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 2004, making history as the first Jewish woman appointed to Canada’s top court. Born in a displaced persons camp in Stuttgart, Germany, she had a storied career before joining Canada’s top court as a practicing lawyer, a family court judge, law reformer (Chair of the Ontario Law Reform Commission), labour adjudicator, law professor, appeal court justice, and commission of inquiry head (her 1984 federal Royal Commission on Equality in Employment created the term and concept of "employment equity.") She was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1997, to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007, and to the American Philosophical Society in 2018. In 2020, she was awarded the Knight Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit by the President of Germany. She is a graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music, has judged the Giller Literary Prize, moderated a Prime Ministerial Leader’s Debate, and spellbound audiences around the globe with her oratory.
Justice Abella was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 2004, making history as the first Jewish woman appointed to Canada’s top court. Born in a displaced persons camp in Stuttgart, Germany, she had a storied career before joining Canada’s top court as a practicing lawyer, a family court judge, law reformer (Chair of the Ontario Law Reform Commission), labour adjudicator, law professor, appeal court justice, and commission of inquiry head (her 1984 federal Royal Commission on Equality in Employment created the term and concept of "employment equity.") She was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1997, to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007, and to the American Philosophical Society in 2018. In 2020, she was awarded the Knight Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit by the President of Germany. She is a graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music, has judged the Giller Literary Prize, moderated a Prime Ministerial Leader’s Debate, and spellbound audiences around the globe with her oratory.
Zusammenfassung
Vanessa A. MacDonnell is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law and a co-director of the Public Law Centre at the University of Ottawa.
Stephen Bindman is a visiting professor and Executive in Residence at the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa.
Gerald Chan is an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Fachbereich: Internationales & ausländ. Recht
Genre: Importe, Recht
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781552216712
ISBN-10: 1552216713
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: MacDonnell, Vanessa
Bindman, Stephen
Chan, Gerald
Hersteller: University of Toronto Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße: 226 x 152 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Vanessa MacDonnell (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.05.2025
Gewicht: 0,816 kg
Artikel-ID: 133001099