Russell Brown (judge)

Russell S. Brown (born September 15, 1965)[1][2] is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

For other people named Russell Brown, see Russell Brown (disambiguation).
The Honourable

Russell Brown
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Assumed office
August 31, 2015
Nominated byStephen Harper
Appointed byDavid Johnston
Preceded byMarshall Rothstein
Personal details
Born (1965-09-15) September 15, 1965
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Spouse(s)
Heidi Brown
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(m. 1994)​
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
University of Victoria
University of Toronto

Brown has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia in 1987 and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Victoria in 1994. He also has a Master of Laws degree in 2003 and a Doctor of Juridical Science degree both from the University of Toronto in 2006. He was admitted to the Bar of British Columbia in 1995 and to the Bar of Alberta in 2008. Before being appointed a judge he was an Associate Professor and Associate Dean at the Faculty of Law, University of Alberta.

He has expressed his views on a number of topics in a University of Albert law faculty blog, prior to his appointment to the bench. He called the Canada Health Act “an inappropriate [federal] intrusion into sacrosanct provincial swimming pools,” referred to third party election spending limits as "odious" and "restriction on private expenditure during elections" as "objectionable", described human rights commissions as "puritanical functionaries", [3] and described himself as a "conservative libertarian".[1]

See also

References
  1. "Law school blog sheds light on Supreme Court's newest judge". Globe and Mail. July 31, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  2. "Supreme Court of Canada – Biography – Russell Brown". Supreme Court of Canada. 2016-03-01. Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  3. "New Supreme Court appointee blogged on Khadr, called Trudeau 'unspeakably awful,' hoped for Harper majority". National Post. July 31, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
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