Bora Laskin PC CC FRSC (October 5, 1912 – March 26, 1984) was a Canadian jurist who served as the 14th chief justice of Canada from 1973 to 1984 and as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court from 1970 to 1973.

Jan 24, 2008 · Bora Laskin is generally considered Canada’s first great legal scholar, and one of the greatest legal minds in Canadian history. A towering intellectual, Laskin overcame pervasive anti-Semitism in the legal profession to become the …

Jul 20, 2017 · Laskin has been described as a prophet for minority rights and the Constitution who, like Moses, did not live to see the promise he had worked for fulfilled. In 1984, the Supreme Court heard its first challenge under the brand-new Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Apr 10, 2025 · On December 27, 1973, he was named Chief Justice of Canada. He served on the Supreme Court for 14 years. Chief Justice Laskin died on March 26, 1984, at the age of 71.

Laskin C.J., joined by Judson, Spence and Dickson JJ. Nova Scotia (Board of Censors) v McNeil, [1978] 2 S.C.R. 662 is a famous pre- Charter decision from the Supreme Court of Canada on freedom of expression and the criminal law power under the Constitution Act, 1867.

The Laskin is an annual national bilingual moot court competition in Canadian administrative and constitutional law. The competition is named in memory of one of Canada’s greatest legal scholars and jurists, the late Chief Justice Bora Laskin.

Descôteaux v Mierzwinski, [1982] 1 SCR 860 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on solicitor-client privilege. The court reaffirmed the opinion in R. v. Solosky that privilege was a substantive right that even existed outside of a proceeding.

Bora Laskin died on 5 April 1984 after a remarkable career. Born to a family of modest means in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, on 5 October 1912, he rose to become Chief Justice of Canada. He began his legal career by obtaining the Honours B.A. in Law from the University of Toronto in 1933, and his M.A. and LL.B. in 1935 and 1936 ...

Mr. Justice Bora Laskin, at 61 one of the youngest and most junior members of the Supreme Court, is the new Chief Justice of Canada. The first Jewish member of the Supreme Court, Laskin has been a justice for less than four years.

This book is a collection of seventeen scholarly articles and personal reminiscences that examine the life and career of the late Bora Laskin, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.