Martin Lawrence Friedland, (born September 21, 1932) is a Canadian lawyer, academic and author. He received a

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. (1955),

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. (1958), and honorary LL.D. from the

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, and a PhD (1968) and

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from

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. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1960. He taught at

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until 1965 when he joined the University of Toronto as an associate professor. He was promoted to professor in 1968 and served as dean from 1972–1979. He was appointed a Fellow of the

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in 1983. In 1990 he was made an Officer of the

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and was promoted to Companion in 2003. He was awarded the

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in 1994. In 2003 he was awarded the Sir John William Dawson Medal, for important contributions of knowledge in multiple domains, by the Royal Society of Canada. He received an honorary LL.D from

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in 2003.

Selected works

* ''A Place Apart: Judicial Independence and Accountability in Canada'' * ''Access to the Law'' * ''Detention before Trial'' * ''Double Jeopardy'' * ''The Case of Valentine Shortis'' * ''The Death of Old Man Rice'' * ''The Trials of Israel Lipski'' (See

Israel Lipski Israel Lipski (born Israel Lobulsk; 1865 – 22 August 1887) was a convicted murderer of Polish-Jewish descent living in the East End of London. Lipski worked as an umbrella stick salesman, employing Harry Schmuss and Henry Rosenbloom. The serie ...

.) * ''The University of Toronto: A History'' (University of Toronto Press, 2002, second edition, 2013 ) * ''My Life in Crime and Other Academic Adventures'' * ''Searching for W.P.M. Kennedy: The Biography of an Enigma'' (2020)

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