Front Matter
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Introduction
Ewanchuk
Family Heritage and Childhood
Lineage
Early Years
Growing Up in Rimouski
Early Education
Life as a Pensionnaire with the Ursulines, 1937-43
Collège Notre-Dame-de-Bellevue
A Legal Education
The Decision to Go to Law School, 1946-48
Laval Law School Student Body, 1948-52
Laval Law School Faculty and Curriculum, 1948-52
Life Outside of Law School, 1949-52
Law Practice
Entry
Sam Bard
Business Law Practice
Marriage and Children
Family Law
Practising as a Woman
Quebec Superior Court
New Career Directions
First Months on the Bench, February to October 1973
Immigration Commission of Inquiry, October 1973 to January 1976
Quebec Superior Court, 1976-79
Family Tragedy
Quebec Court of Appeal
Appointment to the Quebec Court of Appeal, 1979
Appellate Judging, 1979-87
More Family Traumas
Supreme Court of Canada
Appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, 1987
Early Days on the Supreme Court of Canada
Continuing Isolation on the Supreme Court
Fifteen Years of Jurisprudence, 1987-2002
Selected Cases
Sexual Assault
Family Law and Spousal Support
Human Rights for Same-Sex Couples
Tax Law and Sex Discrimination
More Deaths, 1987-94
The Quebec Secession Reference
Fairness in Immigration Law
Epilogue on Ewanchuk
A Wider Stage
Judicial Education and International Influence
Retirement
Conclusion
Notes
Illustration Credits
Index
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