Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Chronology xv
6. Introduction 3
7. Ewanchuk 8
8. Family Heritage and Childhood
9. Lineage 23
10. Early Years 33
11. Growing Up in Rimouski 51
12. Early Education
13. Life as a Pensionnaire with the Ursulines, 1937–43 63
14. Collège Notre-Dame-de-Bellevue 76
15. A Legal Education
16. The Decision to Go to Law School, 1946–48 93
17. Laval Law School Student Body, 1948–52 103
18. Laval Law School Faculty and Curriculum, 1948–52 111
19. Life Outside of Law School, 1949–52 123
20. Law Practice
21. Entry 135
22. Sam Bard 141
23. Business Law Practice 150
24. Marriage and Children 162
25. Family Law 176
26. Practising as a Woman 193
27. Quebec Superior Court
28. New Career Directions 211
29. First Months on the Bench, February to October 1973 230
30. Immigration Commission of Inquiry, October 1973 to January 1976 238
31. Quebec Superior Court, 1976–79 253
32. Family Tragedy 269
33. Quebec Court of Appeal
34. Appointment to the Quebec Court of Appeal, 1979 283
35. Appellate Judging, 1979–87 293
36. More Family Traumas 307
37. Supreme Court of Canada
38. Appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, 1987 319
39. Early Days on the Supreme Court of Canada 330
40. Continuing Isolation on the Supreme Court 347
41. Fifteen Years of Jurisprudence, 1987–2002 359
42. Selected Cases
43. Sexual Assault 379
44. Family Law and Spousal Support 395
45. Human Rights for Same-Sex Couples 412
46. Tax Law and Sex Discrimination 428
47. More Deaths, 1987–94 442
48. The Quebec Secession Reference 454
49. Fairness in Immigration Law 470
50. Epilogue on Ewanchuk 486
51. A Wider Stage
52. Judicial Education and International Influence 505
53. Retirement 520
54. Conclusion 540
55. Notes 547
56. Illustration Credits 707
57. Index 713
58. Publications of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History 741