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    Memoirs and reflections / Roy McMurtry.

    • Title:Memoirs and reflections / Roy McMurtry.
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    • Author/Creator:McMurtry, R. Roy, 1932- author.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, issuing body.
    • Published/Created:Toronto, ON, Canada : Published for The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, 2013.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:McMurtry, R. Roy, 1932-
      Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General--Officials and employees--Biography.
      Attorneys general--Ontario--Biography.
      Judges--Ontario--Biography.
      Diplomats--Canada--Biography.
      Constitutional history--Canada.
      Justice, Administration of--Ontario.
    • Description:640 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 16 cm
    • Series:Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781442648302 (bound)
      1442648309 (bound)
    • Contents:Foreword
      Acknowledgments
      Part 1. 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 2. 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 3. Attorney General of Ontario
      12. Stepping into the Attorney General's Role
      13. Cabinet Minister with a Law Reform Agenda
      14. Attorney General versus the National Hockey League
      15. Racism and Religion
      16. Violence on the Highways, on the Newsstands, and as Entertainment
      17. A Mixture of Challenges Involving Marijuana, Ed Ziemba, Francis Fox, and Amway Corporation
      18. The Osgoode Society for the Writing of Canadian Legal History
      19. Solicitor General and the Mississauga Derailment
      20. The Challenging Cases of Susan Nelles and Henry Morgentaler
      21. The Constitution and the Patriation Case in the Supreme Court of Canada
      22. Negotiations over the Patriation of the Canadian Constitution
      23. René Lévesque
      24. Israel
      25. Travel Abroad to India and Pakistan
      26. Northern Justice, Aboriginal Art, and My Own Painting
      27. Reflections on the Davis Government and Life as a Constituency Politician
      28. Candidate for the Leadership of the PC Party of Ontario
      Part 4. 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 5. 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 6. Retirement
      37. Life after Judicial Retirement
      38. Reflections on My Life
      Index.
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