Philip Slayton
Auteur de Lawyers Gone Bad: Money Sex And Madness In Canadas Legal Profession
Œuvres de Philip Slayton
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Canada
- Lieu de naissance
- London, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Toronto, Ontario & Port Medway, Nova Scotia
- Études
- Oxford University, Rhodes Scholar
- Professions
- Professor of Law, Dean of Law, Corporate Lawyer (partner); author
- Organisations
- PEN Canada
- Courte biographie
- Philip Slayton studied law at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and then clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada. In the first chapter of his legal career he was a law professor and dean of law at Western University.
Philip then went into legal practice with a major Canadian law firm in Toronto, and worked on many of the biggest corporate and commercial transactions of the time. After seventeen years, he retired from the practice of law in 2000.
Upon leaving Big Law, Philip Slayton wrote the best-selling book Lawyers Gone Bad: Money, Sex and Madness in Canada’s Legal Profession. Philip and his book were the subjects of a Maclean’s magazine cover story with the controversial headline “Lawyers are Rats.” The Toronto Star labeled Slayton “Public Enemy #1.” His second book was Mighty Judgment: How the Supreme Court of Canada Runs Your Life. Most recently, Philip independently published his first novel, Bay Street.
Slayton is a regular contributor on law-related topics to Canadian magazines and newspapers, and is an occasional commentator on television and radio. He is president of PEN Canada.
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Critiques
I received a free copy through Goodreads.
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When I first picked this book up I thought it would be very interesting...boy was I wrong. After I finished reading, I was like meh and so that's it?
Quite honestly the characters are so flat and one dimensional. Piper, the main character, seems to be the type of person to go with the flow, someone that blends into the background and doesn't have much of an original thought. She's quite bland and uninteresting, and the story moves away from focusing on her as a main character to other secondary characters. Part was through the book, the writing style changed and we are left with the very anticlimactic and non-suspenseful view of the killer and his thoughts.
While the mystery of who killed Piper's boss kept me going for the remainder of the book, there was nothing else in it for me. All the law stuff was boring and the lengthy introduction of the secondary characters were overwhelming and forgetful at times. The whole detectives dating or interested in the potential suspects in the homicide case was like all kinds of weird and felt really out of place.
Overall, it was a quick, bland and fast paced read. Definitely needed more character and plot development instead of throwing everything together in a rush.… (plus d'informations)
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When I first picked this book up I thought it would be very interesting...boy was I wrong. After I finished reading, I was like meh and so that's it?
Quite honestly the characters are so flat and one dimensional. Piper, the main character, seems to be the type of person to go with the flow, someone that blends into the background and doesn't have much of an original thought. She's quite bland and uninteresting, and the story moves away from focusing on her as a main character to other secondary characters. Part was through the book, the writing style changed and we are left with the very anticlimactic and non-suspenseful view of the killer and his thoughts.
While the mystery of who killed Piper's boss kept me going for the remainder of the book, there was nothing else in it for me. All the law stuff was boring and the lengthy introduction of the secondary characters were overwhelming and forgetful at times. The whole detectives dating or interested in the potential suspects in the homicide case was like all kinds of weird and felt really out of place.
Overall, it was a quick, bland and fast paced read. Definitely needed more character and plot development instead of throwing everything together in a rush.… (plus d'informations)
Philip Slayton has written an examiniation of how the Supreme Court of Canada runs our lives. His focus is on the post-Charter era (i.e., since 1982). He looks at how the court, in making law for the country, also decides social and political questions. He uses examples of cases on issues ranging from abortion, group sex and gay rights to bondholders' rights in a takeover bid and Aboriginal land claims. The cases he discusses are fairly recent, and the reader will likely be familiar with many of them. This helps, I believe, make the book accessible to anyone generally interested in the Supreme Court, and not just to those with a legal background.
Mr. Slayton also looks at how Supreme Court justices are appointed and at decision-making processes within the court. Using his own experience and personal inteviews, this section of the book gives the reader an inside look and is not information that I've come across.
Finally, Mr. Slayton makes some recommendations for change. This is often the area in books related to public policy thta I find weakest. However, in this case, the recommendations are (whether you argree with them or not), realistic and merit discussion among decision makers.
Well written; obviously well research but written in an accessible style that will appeal to a broad audience.… (plus d'informations)
Mr. Slayton also looks at how Supreme Court justices are appointed and at decision-making processes within the court. Using his own experience and personal inteviews, this section of the book gives the reader an inside look and is not information that I've come across.
Finally, Mr. Slayton makes some recommendations for change. This is often the area in books related to public policy thta I find weakest. However, in this case, the recommendations are (whether you argree with them or not), realistic and merit discussion among decision makers.
Well written; obviously well research but written in an accessible style that will appeal to a broad audience.… (plus d'informations)
A series of interesting case studies of lawyers in Canada who have lost money and in many cases their practices and their professional lives. The book examines their motives and offers important suggestions as to legal reforms which would change this situation.
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 10
- Membres
- 74
- Popularité
- #238,154
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 18
I think I expected a lot more from this book than I should have. I was looking forward to a lot more dirt than is dished out here. The book itself seems a straightforward telling of the facts around each of the mayors portrayed but I felt I could have gotten the same telling from trawling through newspaper archives.