About the authors

• Author: Robert J. Sharpe; Kent Roach
• Pages: 517-518

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Robert Sharpe was formerly a professor at the Faculty of Law, Univer-

sity of Toronto, where he wrote and taught in the areas of const itutional

law, remedies, civil procedure, and crimi nal law. From 1990 to 1995 he

served as Dean of the Faculty. He has appeared as counsel in a number

of Charter cases in courts at all levels, including the Supreme Court of

Canada. From 1988 to 1990, he served as the Supreme Court’s Execu-

tive Legal Off‌icer. He was appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice

(General Division) in 1995 and to the Ontario Court of Appeal in 1999.

Robert Sharpe was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

in 1991, presented with the Ontario Bar Association Distinguished Ser-

vice Award in 2005, and elected as a Senior Fellow of Massey College

in 2006. In 2008, he received the Mundell Medal for making a distin-

guished contribution to law and letters. In 2011, he was appointed as a

Visiting Professor, Oxford University, and received honorary doctoral

degrees from the Law Society of Upper Canada and the University of

Windsor. Justice Sharpe has published many scholarly articles and is

the author of several award-winning books on law and legal history,

including The Law of Habeas Corpus, 3d ed (2011); The Last Day, the

Last Hour: The Currie Libel Trial (1988); Injunctions and Specif‌ic Perform-

ance, 4th ed (2011); Brian Dickson: A Judge’s Journey (with Kent Roach)

(2003); The Persons Case: The Origins and Legacy of the Fight for Legal

Personhood (with Patricia McMahon) (2007); and The Lazier Murder:

Prince Edward County, 1884 (2011).