{"product_id":"9781487568603-my-life-in-the-law","title":"My Life in the Law","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLawyer, Scholar, Judge\u003cbr\u003eAn insightful memoir from a man who actively participated in the transformation of Canadian law over the last half-century as a lawyer, scholar, and judge, Robert J. Sharpe’s story is one of indomitable passion for the law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Life in the Law\u003c\/em\u003e is a rich, personal reflection on Robert J. Sharpe’s long, varied, and influential career as a lawyer, scholar, and judge. \u003cbr\u003eAfter giving an account of his early life and education, Sharpe examines his time as a law student in the late 1960s, an era when great emphasis was put upon formalistic legal doctrine, heavily influenced by English law. As a legal academic in the 1970s up until the 1990s, Sharpe participated in Canadian law’s emergence from the shadow of its narrow past. He then dealt with that evolution from the very different perspective of a judge and a legal history scholar during his twenty-five years on the bench. \u003cbr\u003eThroughout the book, Sharpe writes about the people who influenced his trajectory: the exceptional lawyers with whom he practiced, his Oxford University professors, and his University or Toronto colleagues. He describes how these people and his three-year experience working as executive legal officer to Justice Brian Dickson at the Supreme Court of Canada prepared him for his twenty-five-year career as a judge.\u003cbr\u003eWritten in an engaging and accessible style, this memoir tells the story of a man whose fascination with the law has led to an illustrious, decades-long career of great significance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56758259417462,"sku":"9781487568603","price":32.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38929302.jpg?v=1764822872","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781487568603-my-life-in-the-law","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}