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词条 Morris Fish
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  1. Awards

  2. See also

  3. References

  4. External links

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| name = Morris Fish
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| office = Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
| termstart = August 5, 2003
| termend = August 31, 2013
| nominator = Jean Chrétien
| appointer =
| predecessor = Charles Gonthier
| successor = Clément Gascon
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|11|16}}
| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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| religion = Judaism
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}}Morris Jacob Fish, {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|QC}} (born November 16, 1938) was a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada from 2003 to 2013.[1]

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Aaron S. Fish and Zlata Grober, he received a Bachelor of Arts (with distinction) in 1959 and a Bachelor of Law (first class honours) in 1962 from McGill University (where he was selected as the Articles Editor for the McGill Law Journal).[2] Upon graduation from law school, he was awarded the Greenshields Prize, the Crankshaw Prize for Highest Standing in Criminal Law and the Macdonald Travelling Scholarship.[3]

He practiced law mostly in Quebec for the law firm Cohen, Leithman, Kaufman, Yarosky & Fish which later became Yarosky, Fish, Zigman, Isaacs & Daviault between 1967 and 1989. He also lectured at a number of Canadian law schools. His expertise in practice and teaching was criminal law. He was appointed to the Quebec Court of Appeal on June 30, 1989 and was elevated to the Supreme Court of Canada on August 5, 2003, replacing Charles Gonthier. He retired from the Court on August 31, 2013.

Awards

  • Appointed Queen's Counsel, 1984[4]
  • Honorary degrees from:
    • Yeshiva University, 2009[5]
    • McGill University, 2001[6]
  • G. Arthur Martin medal for outstanding contribution to criminal justice, 2011[7]
  • Invested as a companion of the Order of Canada, 2016[8]

See also

  • Baron Byng High School
  • Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Fish

References

1. ^{{CanadaSupremeCourtbio|morris-j-fish}}
2. ^{{cite news |publisher=McGill Law Journal |date=1961 |title=Masthead, Volume 8}}
3. ^Supreme Court of Canada Brochure
4. ^{{cite web|title=For Immediate Release - University of Toronto Faculty of Law|url=https://www.law.utoronto.ca/documents/press_releases/Fish_Goodman04_Release.doc|website=University of Toronto Faculty of Law|accessdate=31 December 2016}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Accolades|url=http://cjournal.concordia.ca/archives/20090521/accolades.php?&print=1|website=Concordia Journal Home|publisher=Concordia University|accessdate=31 December 2016}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Moments to remember|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/moments-remember-9948|website=McGill University|accessdate=31 December 2016}}
7. ^  Criminal Lawyers Association website
8. ^{{cite web|title=Governor General Announces 100 New Appointments to the Order of Canada as Canada Turns 150|url=https://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=16670&lan=eng|website=The Governor General of Canada His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston|accessdate=31 December 2016}}

External links

  • {{CanadaSupremeCourtbio|morris-j-fish}}
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10 : 1938 births|Living people|Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada|McGill University alumni|People from Montreal|Canadian Jews|Anglophone Quebec people|McGill University Faculty of Law alumni|Companions of the Order of Canada|Canadian Queen's Counsel

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