What is the Legacy of the Charter and the Chief Justice Who Presided Over its First Decade?
Chief Justice Lamer to Contextualize Osgoode Hall Law School Lecture by Justice Robert Sharpe on the Constitutional Legacy of the Late Chief Justice Brian Dickson TORONTO, September 20, 1999 — The late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Brian Dickson, presided over the nation’s highest court from 1984-1990, a pivotal time in Canadian history when the fledgling Charter of Rights and Freedoms was transforming the court’s role in shaping the laws of the land. York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School will revisit those pathfinding days of the high court on Wed., Sept. 22, when the Hon. Mr. Justice Robert Sharpe of the Ontario Court of Appeal delivers the third Pierre Genest Memorial Lecture on The Constitutional Legacy of Chief Justice Brian Dickson. The Rt. Hon. Antonio Lamer, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, will set the stage for Justice Sharpe’s lecture with introductory comments recalling Chief Justice Dickson’s role and contribution to the court. Under the l
