Two Firsts - Bertha Wilson and Claire l'Heureux-Dubé at the Supreme Court of Canada

biography, judges, Supreme Court of Canada, Bertha Wilson

About the author

Constance Backhouse is a Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa. She has published a number of prize-winning books such as Petticoats and Prejudice: Women and Law in Nineteenth-Century Canada; Colour-Coded: A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950; and Carnal Crimes: Sexual Assault Law in Canada, 1900-1975. Her book, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé A Life, was published in 2017. She was named to the Order of Canada in 2008.

Product details

• Authors: Constance Backhouse
• Publisher: Second Story Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781772600933
• ISBN: 978-1-77260-093-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: Feminist History Society Book
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries