FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 16, 2003
MONTREAL - The 2003 Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Law has been awarded to Peter Wardell Hogg, O.C., Q.C., of Toronto, at the CBA’s Canadian Legal Conference on August 16, 2003.
“Throughout his career, Peter Hogg has made an outstanding and unique contribution to law and legal scholarship in Canada,” says CBA President Simon Potter, of Montreal. “His written works are recognized in this country and abroad as being leading texts in their fields.”
Professor Hogg’s written work includes Constitutional Law of Canada and Liability of the Crown, two texts highly regarded in their field. Since 1985, Professor Hogg’s works have been cited on countless occasions by courts across Canada and throughout the Commonwealth. The Supreme Court of Canada alone has cited his work on 166 occasions, making him the most cited author by that Court.
Throughout his career Professor Hogg has been a legal scholar, an admired law professor, a respected Dean of Law and an important advisor to government on a number of major constitutional cases, both before the Supreme Court of Canada and at the appellate court level.
Colleagues and law students alike have benefited from Professor Hogg’s teaching and writings. He is widely respected in Canada as one of the country’s foremost authorities on legal affairs and has authored countless documents. Others in the legal profession have come to rely on his work for the depth of his analysis of difficult legal issues and the insights he has willingly shared with his readers, colleagues and students.
Professor Hogg earned his LL.B. from the University of New Zealand in 1962, his LL.M. from Harvard University in 1963, and his Ph.D. from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia in 1970. That same year, he was appointed Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School and served in this capacity until 1998 when he was appointed to serve a five-year team as the Law School’s Dean. Professor Hogg’s term as Dean ended on June 30, 2003, and he is spending a year of leave as scholar in residence at the law firm of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. He was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1988 and appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1991.
Professor Hogg receives his award at the CBA Council Awards Luncheon on Saturday, Aug. 16 at the Palais des congrès during the CBA's Canadian Legal Conference and Trade Show in Montréal, Aug. 16-19. The event is open to accredited journalists who have registered with the CBA Media Centre.
The Hnatyshyn Award, established in 1993 by then-Governor General Ramon John Hnatyshyn, recognizes outstanding contributions to the law and legal scholarship in Canada.
The Canadian Bar Association represents the legal profession on a national and international level. It is dedicated to improvement in the law and the administration of justice. Some 38,000 lawyers, notaries, law teachers and law students from across Canada are members.
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CONTACT: Hannah Bernstein, Aug.16-19, CBA Media Centre, Palais des congrès, Room 523B, (514) 871-5823.
