Stephen Allan Scott
Stephen Allan Scott | |
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| Born | May 25, 1940 Oxford University D.Phil |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, professor |
Stephen Allan Scott (born May 25, 1940) is a Canadian law professor at McGill University.
Career
Scott was born in Montreal in 1940. He graduated from
Oxford University. He became a Full Professor of Law in 1977 and has been a Professor-Emeritus since 2003.[2] He represented clients before the provincial and federal courts of Canada throughout his career.[3]
Known as McGill's leading scholar on the Canadian Constitution.[4] Scott has a history of making statements in favor of Canadian nationalism and the rights of anglophones and minorities in Quebec[5] as well as statements about federal jurisdictional issues[6] and specifically the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.[7] In 1996 Scott made national news in Canada by arguing that if the
Province of Quebec could separate from Canada, then parts of Quebec could choose to stay with Canada, or could separate from Quebec to form their own countries—including Quebec anglophones and native populations.[8]
References
- Montreal Gazette. August 23, 1965. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ^ "Biography: Stephen Scott". Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- Montreal Gazette. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- Businessweek. February 18, 1996. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ^ "Quebec Language Law". Windsor Star. January 25, 1978. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- Halifax Daily News. June 14, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- Palm Beach Post. November 11, 1981. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
- ^ Charles Krause (May 2, 1996). "Separation Anxiety". PBS. Retrieved April 19, 2013.