William Kaplan Explained
| Birth Date: | 1957 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Alma Mater: | University of Toronto
York University
Stanford University |
| Occupation: | Lawyer, writer, law professor |
William Kaplan (born 24 May 1957) is a Canadian lawyer and writer.
Biography
Kaplan graduated from the University of Toronto in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He went on to Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, where he graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor of Laws. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1985 with a Master of Arts, and from Stanford University Law School in 1988 with a J.S.D. degree.[1]
Kaplan was a professor at the University of Ottawa Law School from 1989–2001, and also worked during that time in private practice as a mediator and investigator.[1]
His awards from the Law Society of Upper Canada have included the Law Society Medal in 1999,[2] and an Honorary L.L.D. in 2002.[3] In 2010 the government of Ontario awarded him the 2009 David W. Mundell medal.[4]
Writings
- Everything that Floats: Pat Sullivan, Hal Banks and the Seamen's Unions of Canada, by William Kaplan, Toronto 1987, University of Toronto Press, .[5]
- State and Salvation: The Jehovah's Witnesses & Their Fight for Civil Rights, by William Kaplan, Toronto 1989, University of Toronto Press.[6]
- Belonging: The Meaning and Future of Canadian Citizenship, edited by William Kaplan, Montreal 1992, McGill-Queen's University Press, .[7]
- Law, Policy, and International Justice, edited by William Kaplan and Donald McRae, Montreal 1993, McGill-Queen's University Press, .[8]
- Bad Judgment: The Case of Mr. Justice Leo A. Landreville, by William Kaplan, Toronto 1996, University of Toronto Press[9]
- Presumed Guilty: Brian Mulroney, the Airbus Affair, and the Government of Canada, by William Kaplan, 1998, .
- One More Border: The True Story of One Family's Escape from War-Torn Europe, by William Kaplan, Toronto 1998, Groundwood Books.[10]
- A Secret Trial: Brian Mulroney, Stevie Cameron, and the Public Trust, by William Kaplan, Montreal 2004, McGill-Queen's University Press, .[11]
- Canadian Maverick: The Life and Times of Ivan C Rand, by William Kaplan, Toronto 2009, University of Toronto Press[12]
- Why Dissent Matters: Because Some People See Things The Rest of Us Miss, by William Kaplan, Toronto 2017, McGill-Queen's University Press, .[13]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Curriculum vitae. 2024-07-22.
- Web site: Recipients of the Law Society Medal. Law Society of Ontario. 2024-07-22.
- Web site: Recipients of Honorary LLD. Law Society of Ontario. 2024-07-22.
- Web site: Recognizing Excellence In Legal Writing: McGuinty Government Congratulates Mundell Medal Winners. Government of Ontario. 14 June 2010. 2024-07-22.
- Reviews of Everything that Floats:
- Michael Earle, Social History, https://hssh3.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/hssh/article/view/37105
- Geoffrey Ewen, Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française,
- G. R. Henning, Labour History,,
- Craig Heron, "Communists, Gangsters, and Canadian Sailors", Labour,,
- Michael Huberman, The Journal of Economic History,,
- Laurel Sefton Macdowell, The Canadian Historical Review, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/573241
- Bryan D. Palmer, The American Historical Review,,
- Reviews of State and Salvation:
- Jerry Bergman, Journal of Church and State,
- Desmond H. Brown, The American Journal of Legal History,,
- Richard E. Morgan, Constitutional Commentary,
- F. L. Morton, Canadian Journal of Political Science,,
- M. James Penton, Studies in Religion,
- T.D. Regehr, The Canadian Historical Review, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/574090
- H. Turner, Social History, https://hssh3.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/hssh/article/view/37030
- Reviews of Belonging:
- Steven D. Brown, Canadian Public Policy,,
- Janet Hiebert, Canadian Journal of Political Science,
- Peter H. Russell, The Canadian Historical Review,
- Thomas N. Trenton, Canadian Ethnic Studies,
- George Woodcock, Canadian Literature, https://canlit.ca/article/untitled-47/
- Reviews of Law, Policy, and International Justice:
- Martin Dixon, The Cambridge Law Journal,,
- Anne Warner La Forest, International Journal,,
- Christopher P. Manfredi, Canadian Journal of Political Science,,
- Mark R. MacGuigan, Canadian Yearbook of International Law,
- Wayne Renke, Alberta Law Review,
- Reviews of Bad Judgment:
- Reviews of One More Border:
- Christine Leland, Jerome Harste, Anne Ociepka, Mitzi Lewison, and Vivian Vasquez, Language Arts,
- Sherie Posesorski, "Children's Books", Books in Canada, https://www.booksincanada.ca/article_view.asp?id=657
- Harriet Zaidman, CM: Canadian Review of Materials, https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/vol11/no11/onemoreborder.html
- Reviews of A Secret Trial:
- Reviews of Canadian Maverick:
- Jamie Cameron, Osgood Hall Law Journal,
- Colin Campbell, 'British Journal of Canadian Studies, https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA250653409&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=02699222&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E7d3ccca8&aty=open-web-entry
- David Dyzenhaus, The University of Toronto Law Journal,
- Alan Hutchinson, The Globe and Mail, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/review-canadian-maverick-by-william-kaplan/article4290343/
- Matthew Lewans, "The Maverick Constitution", Alberta Law Review,
- Darcy L. MacPherson, "A Walking Contradiction", Manitoba Law Journal, https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/manitob40&i=187
- Philip Slayton, "Strange Bedfellows: Why does a person write a book about a judge he clearly dislikes?", Literary Review of Canada, https://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2010/03/strange-bedfellows/
- Reviews of Why Dissent Matters:
