Herbert Marx (politician)

Herbert Marx (March 16, 1932 – March 19, 2020) was a

Herbert Marx was born in Montreal to Robert, a tailor, and Miriam Marx in 1932 and graduated from

He returned to his studies and attended Sir George Williams University (B.A., 1958); Université de Montréal (M.A., English Literature); and Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1969).^[4] Throughout his law studies, he received a number of prizes. Moreover, he was awarded the Prix du Barreau for having come first in the Quebec Bar Exams in 1968. He was also awarded scholarships by the Quebec and Canadian governments.

In 1967 and 1968 he articled in the law firm of

He was active in a number of non-governmental organizations: Co-chair of the McGill Consortium for Human Rights Advocacy Training; Co-Chair of the McGill Middle East Programme in Civil Society and Peace Building; Governor of Tel Aviv University; President of the Association for Canadian Studies; Member of the Board of the Tolerance Foundation.

He is the author and co-author of the following books:

• Les Problèmes constitutionnels posés par la restructuration scolaire de l'île de Montréal (with F. Chevrette and A. Tremblay), Editeur officiel du Québec, 83 pages.
• Les Grand arrêts de la jurisprudence constitutionnelle au Canada, Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 761 pages.
• Droits et pauvreté au Québec: documents, notes et problèmes (with J. Hetu), Les Edition Thémis, 566 pages.
• The Law and the Poor in Canada (with I. Cotler), Black Rose Books, 143 pages.
• Droit Constitutionnel (with F. Chevrette), Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 1728 pages.

He is also the author of many peer-reviewed articles on constitutional law, civil liberties and poverty law. He died on March 19, 2020, aged 88.^[5][4]

References

External links

• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
• Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry^{[permanent dead link]}