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Connecting the Dots

The Life of an Academic Lawyer

by (author) Harry W. Arthurs

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
May 2019
Category
Lawyers & Judges
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773557093
    Publish Date
    May 2019
    List Price
    $45.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773557581
    Publish Date
    May 2019
    List Price
    $39.95

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Harry W. Arthurs is a name held in high esteem by labour lawyers and academics throughout the world. Although many are familiar with Arthurs's contributions and accomplishments, few are acquainted with the man himself, or how he came to be one of the most influential figures in Canadian law and legal education.

In Connecting the Dots Arthurs recounts his adventures in academe and the people, principles, ideas, motivations, and circumstances that have shaped his thinking and his career. The memoir offers intimate recollections and observations, beginning with the celebrated ancestors who influenced Arthurs's upbringing and education. It then sweeps through his career as an architect of important reforms in legal education and explores his research as a trailblazing commentator on the legal profession. Arthurs analyzes his experiences as a legal theorist and historian and his pivotal role as a discordant voice in debates over constitutional and administrative law. Along the way, he muses on the intellectual projects he embraced or set in motion, the institutional reforms he advocated, the public policies he recommended, and how they fared long term.

Framed with commentary on the historical context that shaped each decade of his career and punctuated by moments of personal reflection, Connecting the Dots is a humorous, frank, and fearless account of the rise and fall of Canadian labour law from the man who was at the centre of it all.

About the author

Harry Arthurs, professor emeritus at Osgoode Hall Law School and former president of Toronto's York University, is a leading Canadian labour lawyer, legal educator, university administrator, and government policy advisor.

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