Searching for Justice: An Autobiography (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History)
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (645 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802090516 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fred Kaufman is a former justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal.
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In 1960, he secured the release of a young Pierre Elliott Trudeau from prison, and in 1973, Trudeau returned the favour by personally informing Kaufman of his appointment to the Quebec Court of Appeal, where he served for eighteen years, including one as Acting Chief Justice of Quebec. The Honourable Fred Kaufman has been a distinguished figure in Canadian law for a half century. Released in 1942, Kaufman stayed in Canada where he went on to university and law school in Montreal.Kaufman was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1955 and practiced criminal law for eighteen years, taking part in many of the famous cases of that period. It is the tale of adversity overcome in a crucial period of Canadian legal history.. In 1940, he was interned as an 'enemy alien' and sent to Canada. Born into a middle-class Jewish family in mid-1920s Vienna, Kaufman escaped to England on the eve of the Second World War. Since his retirement in 1991, Kaufman has led numerous commissions and inquiries, most notably the investigation into th
About the AuthorFred Kaufman is a former justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal.