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Philip Slayton

Born in England and raised in Manitoba, PHILIP SLAYTON is a Canadian lawyer and the former dean of law at the University of Western Ontario. He is the best-selling author of Lawyers Gone Bad: Money, Sex and Madness in Canada’s Legal Profession, and Mighty Judgment: How the Supreme Court of Canada Runs Your Life, among other books. A Rhodes Scholar, he has been a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and President of PEN Canada. Married to the writer Cynthia Wine, he lives in Toronto and Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia.

Books by Philip Slayton

Antisemitism

An Ancient Hatred in the Age of Identity Politics

by (author) Philip Slayton

Nothing Left to Lose

An Impolite Report on the State of Freedom in Canada

by (author) Philip Slayton

The Future of Tennis

A Photographic Celebration of the Men’s Tour

by (author) Philip Slayton
photographs by Peter Figura

Mayors Gone Bad

by (author) Philip Slayton

Mighty Judgment

How The Supreme Court Of Canada Runs Your Life

by (author) Philip Slayton

Lawyers Gone Bad

Money Sex And Madness In Canadas Legal Profession

by (author) Philip Slayton

The Professions and Public Policy

edited by Philip Slayton & Michael J. Trebilcock