Tracings of Gerald Le Dain's Legacy 鈥� the McGill Years and Later
La Soci茅t茅 James McGill vous convie 脿 sa 187e rencontre pour une pr茅sentation sur l'ancien juge de la Cour supr锚me du Canada (1924鈥�2007), BCL'49, avec la journaliste Bonnie Brown et le professeur Richard Janda.
Il y aura une petite r茅ception dans l'atrium 脿 17h, apr猫s quoi la conf茅rence d茅butera 脿 17h30.
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About the talk
Gerald Le Dain (1924 鈥�2007) was a graduate of McGill鈥檚 Faculty of Law (BCL 1949), where he taught between 1953 & 1959 and 1966 & 1967. In addition to a distinguished law career, he chaired the Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, and sat on the Supreme Court of Canada (1984-1988).
Gerald Le Dain was a tireless worker and a highly respected judge, and yet, in November 1988, he was compelled to resign from the Supreme Court of Canada after a hospitalization for depression.
CBC broadcast journalist Bonnie Brown, LLB'95, produced the award-winning 2018 radio documentary on Gerald Le Dain, "".
Richard Janda, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, co-edited with Prof. Blaine Baker听听(McGill-Queen鈥檚 Press, 2019). Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the meeting.
About the James McGill Society
The James McGill Society was formed in 1975. Its primary concern is to foster interest and appreciation of 香蕉视频's history and personalities, which are interpreted broadly to include current activities and impending developments - that is both past history and history in the making. The Society meets four or five times a years for a talk, followed by discussion. The Society covers the entire spectrum of McGill life: academic and research activities, student life, and administrative activities. Arts, Science, Medicine, and all the other faculties have been discussed in rotation over the years.听