{"product_id":"aggressive-in-pursuit-9780802039576","title":"Aggressive in Pursuit","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew people have had a greater impact on the lives of Canadians than the late Supreme Court judge Justice Emmett Hall. At the forefront of several important judgements in the 1960s and 70s  such as Truscott and Calder  Hall is perhaps best known for his role in the adoption of universal health care at the federal level in 1968. Based on extensive interviews with Hall and people who knew him, Frederick Vaughan''s \u003ci\u003eAggressive in Pursuit\u003c\/i\u003e tells Hall''s remarkable story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Quebec in 1898 and raised in Saskatchewan, Hall had a long and distinguished career as a lawyer. In 1957, former law school classmate Prime Minister John Diefenbaker appointed Hall to the Saskatchewan Court of Queen''s Bench, and four years later to the office of Chief Justice of Saskatchewan. In 1963, Diefenbaker elevated Hall to the Supreme Court of Canada, where he took up the task of universal health care and showed himself to be an aggressive defender of native causes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAggressive in Pursu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MY - University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51534979105111,"sku":"9780802039576","price":47.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780802039576.jpg?v=1755858428","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/aggressive-in-pursuit-9780802039576","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}