Gérard V. LaForest

2001 Read Medal Recipient

C.C., Q.C., B.C.L.(N.B.),B.A. (Oxford), M.A.(Oxford), LL.M.,(Yale) J.S.D.(Yale),F.R.S.C.

Gérard LaForest is a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and currently a distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the University of New Brunswick (1998 to date) and in private practice. He has been a Professor at the Universities of New Brunswick (1956-63), Alberta where he was Dean of Law (1968-70), and Ottawa. Dr.LaForest served as Commissioner on the Law Reform Commission (1974-1979), as a Justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal (1981-85) and then as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada (1985-97). He has written on international law, including "May the Provinces Legislate in Violation of International Law" (1961), one of the first treatments of the interplay of domestic and international law in Canada. The University of N.B. Law Library is named "The Gérald V. LaForest Library".