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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791660803321

Autore

Kaplan William <1957->

Titolo

Canadian maverick : the life and times of Ivan C. Rand / / William Kaplan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-4426-8593-X

1-4426-9762-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (547 p.)

Collana

Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

Disciplina

347.71/03534

Soggetti

Judges - Canada

Biographies.

Biography

Electronic books.

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Right Start -- 2. Young Lawyer Tries Politics -- 3. Railway Counsel at Work and at Home -- 4. Framework of Freedom -- 5. Rand's Formula -- 6. Rand Tackles the Palestine Problem -- 7. King Coal -- 8. Founding Dean of Law -- 9. Canadian Gothic Meets the Mambo King -- 10. Rand's Disastrous Investigation into Labour Disputes.

Sommario/riassunto

Kaplan's rigorous study encompasses Rand's legal contributions, his pivotal role in the creation of the State of Israel, and his position as founding dean of the University of Western Ontario's Faculty of Law.