Martin Friedland

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Martin Lawrence Friedland
Born (1932-09-21) September 21, 1932 (age 91)
Toronto, Ontario
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma mater University of Toronto
University of Cambridge
Known forContributions to the Canadian legal system and to the administration of justice [1]
SpouseJudith Fern Friedland
ChildrenThomas Friedland, Jennifer Friedland, Nancy Friedland

Martin Lawrence Friedland, CC QC FRSC (born September 21, 1932) is a Canadian lawyer, academic and author.

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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.

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References

  1. Order of Canada citation
  2. cf. Shortis case at The Canadian Encyclopedia
  3. "Review of The Death of Old Man Rice by Martin L. Friedland". Publishers Weekly. August 29, 1994. (See William Marsh Rice.)
  4. 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.
  5. 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.)

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