Stephen Allan Scott

Stephen Allan Scott (born May 25, 1940) is a Canadian law professor at McGill University.

Stephen Allan Scott
Born (1940-05-25) May 25, 1940
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Alma materMcGill University B.A., B.C.L.
Oxford University D.Phil
OccupationLawyer, professor

Career

Scott was born in Montreal in 1940. He graduated from Westmount High School and graduated with first class honours from McGill University with a BA in 1961 with a BA in Economics and Political Science. Next he attended Oxford University on fellowships, before attending the McGill University Faculty of Law in 1963.[1] He graduated from the law school with a BCL in 1966, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the McGill Law Journal. In 1969 he graduated with a D. Phil. from Oxford University. He became a Full Professor of Law in 1977 and has been a Professor-Emeritus since 2003.[2] He also continued to represent clients before the provincial and federal courts of Canada throughout his career.[3]

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.[4] Known as McGill's leading scholar on the Canadian Constitution.[5] Scott has a history of making statements in favor of Canadian nationalism and the rights of anglophones and minorities in Quebec[6] as well as statements about federal jurisdictional issues[7] and specifically the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.[8]

References
  1. "Scholarship at McGill given Scott". Montreal Gazette. August 23, 1965. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  2. "Biography: Stephen Scott". Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  3. Leon Levinson (January 22, 1976). "Judgement on Ouellet contempt charge expected tomorrow". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  4. Charles Krause (May 2, 1996). "Separation Anxiety". PBS. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  5. "In Quebec, These Shivers Aren't Coming From The Cold". Businessweek. February 18, 1996. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  6. "Quebec Language Law". Windsor Star. January 25, 1978. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  7. "So Sue Me? Go For It!". Halifax Daily News. June 14, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  8. "The Canadian Illusion". Palm Beach Post. November 11, 1981. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
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