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Duff: A Life In The Law, Della M. M. Stanley
Duff: A Life In The Law, Della M. M. Stanley
Dalhousie Law Journal
According to Donald G. Creighton wrote, "History is not made by inanimate forces and human automatons: it is made by living men and women ... which can best be understood by that insight into character . . . which is one of the great attributes of literary art."' The form of that literary art is the biography, a synthesis of an individual's life, activities, ideas, attitudes and character, placed within an historical context. The biographer must look beyond the public perception into the private life of his subject in hopes of better understanding and explaining his character and actions. That …
John Willis - A Tribute, R. C. B. Risk
John Willis - A Tribute, R. C. B. Risk
Dalhousie Law Journal
John Willis has been respected and loved in the Canadian legal community as a teacher, colleague, and scholar for decades, and one of his articles - Statute Interpretation in a Nutshell' - is probably the best-known single piece of Canadian legal writing. The law about government was his abiding interest and the subject of most of his writing. This article is a study of this writing, especially the writing done during the 1930s. It is primarily part of an undertaking to understand the minds of Canadian lawyers, but it is also a tribute. My conclusion is that this writing was …
Dedication To Professor R.A. Samek, W. H. Charles
Dedication To Professor R.A. Samek, W. H. Charles
Dalhousie Law Journal
This issue of the Journal is dedicated to the memory of Bob Samek. Bob was the epitomy of the dedicated scholar searching for basic truths and fundamental concepts. A lonely task in many ways but one that also encouraged intellectual interaction with colleagues.