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Book SynopsisBuilding Justice draws on the inspiring life of former Canadian Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci to offer insight into the meaning of engaged citizenship through law.
Trade Review“Few are the justices of a nation’s highest court whose most significant work is done after they leave the bench. Fewer still are those magnanimous enough not to seek credit for it. Justice Frank Iacobucci, the man whose labors were instrumental to the creation of Canada’s newest federal holiday—National Day for Truth and Reconciliation— is such an individual, Shauna Van Praagh tells us in this biography.Van Praagh, who considers Justice Iacobucci a consummate mentor in her life, infuses the book with many stories told—and, crucially, retold—by and about her subject both to bring us into particular conversations and to try to immortalize his perspectives and experiences." -- Charles Bartlett, University of Miami *
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Table of ContentsPrologue: Foot Fragments and the Cathedral Part I. Cutting Stone: Welcome to Law 1. The Dean’s Speech 2. Frank’s Facts 3. Prelude to a Legal Education: Frank’s Stories 4. Law School 5. Legal Education Continued Part II. Five Dollars a Day: Lawyering in the World 6. Farewell to Law School 7. You Will Keep Learning: Frank Iacobucci and the Law of Corporations 8. You Will Lead: Frank Iacobucci as Playmaker 9. You Will Pursue Justice: Frank Iacobucci at the Supreme Court 10. Less than Five Dollars a Day: Nancy Iacobucci as Lawyer 11. Beyond the Court Part III. Building a Cathedral: Called to Action 12. The Third Worker 13. The Law Class Reunion 14. Cathedral as Project: Residential Schools and Reconciliation 15. Cathedral as Congregation: Mentorship and the Extended Family 16. Cathedral as Identity: Community and Belonging 17. Individuals and the Cathedral: The Maker’s Mark Epilogue: The Work of Building and the Journey of Justice
