R.I.P., Chief Justice Lamer

By: Law is Cool · December 10, 2007 · Filed Under Constitutional Law, Law Career, Law Foundations · Add Comment 

One of the longest serving and most influential judges in Canadian history passed away recently. Chief Justice Antonio Lamer died at the age of 74.

He was most noted for his ruling over the Quebec Secession Reference, which concluded that the province could not unilaterally secede from Canada.

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