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One Man's Justice: A Life in the Law
Tom Berger has broken new ground with his cases and created new openings for our laws to be applied in a more sane and humane fashion.
In the twelve major cases featured in this compelling book, justice was won not just for the benefit of Berger's clients, but for each and every one of us. Berger may be best known for his championing of aboriginal rights, including early advocacy that laid the foundations for the precedent-setting Nisga'a Treaty, but as this book makes clear, he has made a comparable impact upon a panoply of other causes, often representing those whose rights are ignored or neglected by the status quo.
All were seminal tests of natural union workers pilloried for refusing to work on a bridge they feared unsafe; a senior civil servant wrongfully dismissed and slandered by a vengeful politician; a Quaker thwarted by the government in her attempts to prevent her tax dollars from being used for military purposes; a girl rendered brain damaged and quadriplegic by a botched hospital procedure; a woman bereft of any memory of her early life by medical experimentation carried out without her consent, and more.
In the twelve major cases featured in this compelling book, justice was won not just for the benefit of Berger's clients, but for each and every one of us. Berger may be best known for his championing of aboriginal rights, including early advocacy that laid the foundations for the precedent-setting Nisga'a Treaty, but as this book makes clear, he has made a comparable impact upon a panoply of other causes, often representing those whose rights are ignored or neglected by the status quo.
All were seminal tests of natural union workers pilloried for refusing to work on a bridge they feared unsafe; a senior civil servant wrongfully dismissed and slandered by a vengeful politician; a Quaker thwarted by the government in her attempts to prevent her tax dollars from being used for military purposes; a girl rendered brain damaged and quadriplegic by a botched hospital procedure; a woman bereft of any memory of her early life by medical experimentation carried out without her consent, and more.
346 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 2002
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October 1, 2011
Thomas Berger's accounts of his groundbreaking cases throughout his lifetime was a captivating read. As a law student, learning how Berger thought and reasoned as a lawyer and understanding how he approached various legal issues was extremely helpful in grasping the fundamental elements of the law. His thoroughness and clarity in describing each case is evidence of a truly talented lawyer.
Many of the cases in the book are very touching, allowing the reader to become truly invested in the success of each of Berger's clients in their quests for justice. Other cases allow the reader to see inherent flaws that exist in the Canadian legal system and see how Berger was unafraid to question the law on his path to achieving justice for all Canadians.
Many of the cases in the book are very touching, allowing the reader to become truly invested in the success of each of Berger's clients in their quests for justice. Other cases allow the reader to see inherent flaws that exist in the Canadian legal system and see how Berger was unafraid to question the law on his path to achieving justice for all Canadians.
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