Martin Friedland
Martin Lawrence Friedland | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 21, 1932 Toronto, Ontario |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Contributions to the Canadian legal system and to the administration of justice[1] |
| Spouse | Judith Fern Friedland |
| Children | Thomas Friedland, Jennifer Friedland, Nancy Friedland |
Martin Lawrence Friedland, CC QC FRSC (born September 21, 1932) is a Canadian lawyer, academic and author.
He received a BComm. (1955), LL.B. (1958), and honorary LL.D. from the University of Toronto, and a PhD (1968) and LL.D from Cambridge University. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1960. He taught at Osgoode Hall Law School until 1965 when he joined the University of Toronto as an associate professor. He was promoted to professor in 1968 and served as dean from 1972–1979.
He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1983. In 1990 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 2003. He was awarded the Molson Prize in 1994. In 2003 he was awarded the Sir John William Dawson Medal, for important contributions of knowledge in multiple domains, by the Royal Society of Canada. He received an honorary LL.D from York University in 2003.
Selected works
[edit]- A Place Apart: Judicial Independence and Accountability in Canada
- Access to the Law
- Detention before Trial
- Double Jeopardy
- The Case of Valentine Shortis[2]
- The Death of Old Man Rice[3][4]
- The Trials of Israel Lipski[5]
- The University of Toronto: A History (University of Toronto Press, 2002, second edition, 2013 ISBN 0-8020-4429-8)
- My Life in Crime and Other Academic Adventures
- Searching for W.P.M. Kennedy: The Biography of an Enigma (2020)
References
[edit]- ^ Order of Canada citation
- ^ cf. Shortis case at The Canadian Encyclopedia
- ^ "Review of The Death of Old Man Rice by Martin L. Friedland". Publishers Weekly. August 29, 1994. (See William Marsh Rice.)
- ^ Lipartito, Kenneth (2011). "Review of The Death of Old Man Rice: A True Story of Criminal Justice in America, by Martin L. Friedland, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. Pp. xii + 423. $37.50 (ISBN 0-8020-2941-8)". Law and History Review. 14 (2): 395–396. doi:10.2307/743798. ISSN 0738-2480. JSTOR 743798.
- ^ Renfert, Blaine G. (1986). "Review of The Trials of Israel Lipski". Michigan Law Review. 842 (4): 842–845. doi:10.2307/1288853. JSTOR 1288853. (See Israel Lipski.)
Sources
[edit]- "About Martin L. Friedland". University of Toronto Press. Archived from the original on January 22, 2005. Retrieved March 31, 2005.
- "Martin Friedland". University of Toronto. Archived from the original on November 18, 2003. Retrieved March 31, 2005.
External links
[edit]- Martin Lawrence Friedland and Judith F. Friedland archival papers held at the University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services
- 1932 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- Jewish Canadian writers
- Canadian legal scholars
- Canadian university and college faculty deans
- Canadian non-fiction writers
- Companions of the Order of Canada
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Lawyers in Ontario
- University of Toronto alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Toronto
- Writers from Toronto