The late Supreme Court of Canada Justice Charles Doherty Gonthier was a respected jurist known for his compassion, integrity and wisdom — one who constantly sought novel solutions to legal problems, and devoted his life to furthering global justice and sustainable development of the law. His worldview was based on the principles of fraternity, responsibility and sustainability in law, and much of his work and legal writings continue to earn the respect and admiration among today’s lawyers, legal academics and judges.
This exclusive collection of 42 written tributes from leading jurists, practitioners and legal academia (with contributions from former Supreme Court of Canada judges Frank Iacobucci and Claire L’Heureux-Dubé) celebrates the late Honourable Charles Doherty Gonthier's life’s work and values. Filled with illuminating and insightful tributes, this tribute volume honours the late judge’s jurisprudence and legacy in ways that will continue to influence a new generation of law and legal minds.
Features and Benefits
- Examine the legacy of Justice Gonthier, particularly in the areas of his writing, judgments and judicial ethics
- Read about Justice Gonthier’s views on constitutional, corporate, criminal, and international law, plus more
- Study the assessments and views of different academia, jurists and practitioners about the methodology Justice Gonthier adopted with respect to the role of law and the courts
- Learn about the way the principles of Fraternity and Sustainability can explain important shifts in the law and provide new solutions to pressing legal issues
- Understand some recent legal developments regarding corporate or civic responsibility and human rights
- By reading this book, lawyers will be reminded of their ethical responsibilities, as well as understand the direction in which the law is headed
What You’ll Find in This Volume
- In the first section, readers will learn about the life and contributions of Justice Gonthier as a humanist and a jurist, and in particular, his beliefs and principles
- In the second section, historical and legal analysis is provided to highlight Justice Gonthier’s legal writings and judgments, and how they have shaped the laws of Canada
- In the final section, the volume examines the central themes of responsibility, fraternity and sustainability — principles that animated and inspired the life and work of Justice Gonthier
Who Should Read This Book
- Legal academics – learn about the legal writings and philosophies about one of the Supreme Court of Canada’s most memorable judges
- Legal historians – anyone studying and researching the history and workings of the Supreme Court of Canada will wish to learn about one of its most influential judges
- Law libraries – a valuable addition to any collection of work on the history and background of the Supreme Court of Canada
General Editor / Directeur Principal: Michel Morin; Co-editors / Co-directeurs: Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Fabien Gélinas & Markus Gehring
Michel Morin est professeur titulaire à la Faculté de droit de l’Université de Montréal. Il détient un baccalauréat en droit de cette université ainsi qu’une maîtrise en économique de l’Université du Québec à Montréal; de 1986 à 2003, il a enseigné à la Section de droit civil de la Faculté de droit de l’Université d’Ottawa. Ses activités d’enseignement et de recherche portent sur l’histoire comparative du droit public ou du droit privé, l’évolution des droits des peuples autochtones et le droit comparé.
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger is a Senior Director of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) in Montreal; Head of the Economic Law Department of the International Development Law Organization in Rome; International Professor at the University of Chile, Faculty of Law; and an Affiliated Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge.
Fabien Gélinas is a professor of law at McGill University. He holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford andhas served as Associate Dean of Law and Director of the Institute of Comparative Law at McGill. He was formerly General Counsel of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce and has been an advisor or a delegate to the working groups of several international organizations including UNCITRAL, UNESCO, UNECE, OECD and IFC (World Bank Group), and he regularly serves as chair of international arbitral tribunals.
Markus Gehring is a Tutor in Sustainable Development Law at the Law Faculty and Fellow in Law at Robinson. He holds an ad personam Jean Monnet Chair in Sustainable Development Law at the University of Ottawa in Canada and serves as affiliated Lecturer in European and International Law at the Department of Politics and International Studies. He holds an LL.M from Yale University and a Dr. jur. from Hamburg. He practiced European and international trade law with Cleary Gottlieb in the firm’s Brussels office.
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