Foreword
Chronology
Introduction
1 Ewanchuk
Family Heritage and Childhood
2 Lineage: Of Elephants, Literary Salons, the Military, and Mozart
3 Early Years: Quebec City and Rimouski
4 Growing Up in Rimouski
Early Education
5 Life as a Pensionnaire with the Ursulines, 1937–43
6 Collège Notre-Dame-de-Bellevue: Classical Studies for a Baccalauréat, 1943–46
A Legal Education
7 The Decision to Go to Law School, 1946–48
8 Laval Law School Student Body, 1948–52
9 Laval Law School Faculty and Curriculum, 1948–52
10 Life Outside of Law School, 1949–52
Law Practice
11 Entry: A Law Firm Job, 1952
12 Sam Bard: The Man behind the Employment Offer
13 Business Law Practice
14 Marriage and Children
15 Family Law: The Later Years of Practice
16 Practising as a Woman
Quebec Superior Court
17 New Career Directions: “No” to Electoral Politics, “Yes” to the Bench, 1972–73
18 First Months on the Bench, February to October 1973
19 Immigration Commission of Inquiry, October 1973 to January 1976
20 Quebec Superior Court, 1976–79
21 Family Tragedy: Arthur’s Death, 11 July 1978
Quebec Court of Appeal
22 Appointment to the Quebec Court of Appeal, 1979
23 Appellate Judging, 1979–87
24 More Family Traumas
Supreme Court of Canada
25 Appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, 1987
26 Early Days on the Supreme Court of Canada
27 Continuing Isolation on the Supreme Court
28 Fifteen Years of Jurisprudence, 1987–2002: “The Great Dissenter”
Selected Cases
29 Sexual Assault: Seaboyer, 1991
30 Family Law and Spousal Support: Moge, 1992
31 Human Rights for Same-Sex Couples: Mossop, 1993
32 Tax Law and Sex Discrimination: Symes, 1993
33 More Deaths, 1987–94
34 The Quebec Secession Reference: “The Most Important Case,” 1998
35 Fairness in Immigration Law: Baker, 1999
36 Epilogue on Ewanchuk
A Wider Stage
37 Judicial Education and International Influence
38 Retirement: A Much Heralded Exit
Conclusion
Notes
Index
