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Judges -- Ontario -- Biography.
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Corbett, Marie
Corbett, Marie.
Gibson, Anne Armstrong.
Judges -- Ontario -- Biography.
Cancer -- Patients -- Ontario -- Biography.
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January : a woman judge's season of disillusion : a memoir /
Marie
Corbett
.
by
Corbett
,
Marie
Broad Cove Press, c2016.
Call #:
347.713092 C789j
Subjects
Corbett
,
Marie
.
Gibson, Anne Armstrong.
Judges -- Ontario -- Biography.
Cancer -- Patients -- Ontario -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780994924803 (pbk.)
Description:
335 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
An intimate look at the life of a female Superior Court judge, January entwines two stories - one personal, one professional - over one challenging, transformative year. In the month of January, The Honourable
Marie
Corbett
is adjudicating criminal trials on childhood sex abuse and other difficult cases. At the same time, she faces the imminent death from cancer of her closest friend, Anne Armstrong Gibson. Recently widowed, Anne must prepare her two young sons for life without her.
Marie
travels daily between hospital ward and courtroom, reflecting on her own role as mother, wife, and trial judge. Recognizing the limitations of the criminal justice system, devastated by the death of her friend,
Marie
embarks on a path of self-discovery and faces a choice between civic duty and the life she wants to live. The Hon.
Marie
Corbett
is a retired Canadian Superior Court trial judge. A dedicated crusader for social justice in Canada, she was first woman president of the Canadian Environmental Law Association-just one of many achievements during Marie’s 13--year career.
Marie
Corbett
lives and writes in Avondale, Newfoundland.
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Memoirs.
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