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Fulfilment. Memoirs of a Criminal Court Judge
Category: Biography
Author: David Vanek
Copyright/published Year: 1999 by Dundurn
ISBN: 155002325X
Binding: trade pap
Soldier, university professor, lawyer, political candidate, and
judge; David Vanek's compelling life story has seen him in many
roles, all of which are played out in these memoirs.
The child of Jewish-Russian immigrants, Vanek encountered
anti-semitism while growing up, but was able to overcome
prejudice and rise to prominence. He was educated at the
University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School (where he was
in a Jewish fraternity with Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster)
before serving in the Second World War. When the war was over, he
returned to the University of Toronto to teach law, and opened
his own practice. In 1963 he ran for Parliament as a member of
the Progressive Conservative party.
In 1968 Vanek became a provincial court judge, and would
preside over cases dealing with robbery, drugs, assault,
gambling, pollution, and embezzlement, as well as the rights of
citizens vs. the rights of police. His most high-profile case was
that of Susan Nelles, a nurse at Toronto's Hospital for Sick
Children who was charged with the murders of four babies at the
hospital.
Vanek went on to become the president of the Provincial Court
Judges Association, and was active in campaigning for changes in
how the courts treat young offenders.
Condition Information
This is a used book.
Very good condition.
Condition Description
1999 paperback. Cover has minimal shelf-wear. Three page tops were bumped during shelving. Some shelf-soiling from storage. Sound, square binding.
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