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Edward Leonard Greenspan,〔 QC (February 28, 1944December 24, 2014) was a Jewish Canadian politician, lawyer and prolific author of legal volumes.〔(Edward L. Greenspan ) whoswholegal.com〕 He was one of the most famous defence lawyers in Canada, owing to numerous high-profile clients and to his national exposure on the popular Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio series, ''The Scales of Justice'' (1982–1989) and television series (1990-1994). ==Life and career== A graduate of University College, Toronto (1965) and Osgoode Hall Law School (1968), Greenspan was the senior partner of the Toronto law firm of Greenspan Partners LLP. He was a vice-president of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. He was a member of the Quadrangle Society and a Senior Fellow of Massey College at the University of Toronto. Edward Greenspan became a Queen's Counsel in 1982.〔(Curriculum Vitae ) greenspanpartners.com〕 In 1991 in Boston Massachusetts, he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. Greenspan's work as a criminal defence lawyer was widely recognized in the form of honorary degrees and medals. In 1999 the Law Society of Upper Canada awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Laws.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Law Society of Upper Canada )〕 He was awarded the G. Arthur Martin Medal in 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Criminal Lawyers' Association - Home )〕 He received a Doctorate of Civil Laws from the University of Windsor in 2002, Assumption University in 2004 and Brock University in 2012. He was awarded the prestigious Advocates' Society Medal in 2009 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Advocates' Society - Promoting Excellence in Advocacy - Home )〕 and most recently the highest honour to be bestowed on an Ontario Lawyer, the Law Society Medal. A Canadian of Jewish heritage, Greenspan was a vocal supporter of Israel and related issues. On October 10, 2002, he and fellow Toronto lawyer David C. Nathanson published an opinion piece in the National Post arguing that the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency should recognize the Magen David Adom as a charitable organization. Greenspan was an outspoken opponent of the death penalty. In 1986, when the Canadian House of Commons was debating a proposal to reinstate capital punishment in Canada, Greenspan suspended his practice for three months in order to tour the country and debate the issue in any forum available.〔http://osgoode.yorku.ca/media2.nsf/releases/65312E3375896B5185256F9B0069648A 〕〔 The proposal was ultimately defeated.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Canada Won't Bring Back Death Penalty )〕 In 2001 he argued and won a case at the Supreme Court of Canada which barred extradition of people from Canada to face possible capital punishment in other countries.〔(Criminal lawyer Edward Greenspan fell in love with the romance of the law ) Sean Fine, The Globe and Mail, Dec.25, 2014〕 Greenspan was partners with some of the most accomplished lawyers in Canada. Greenspan's former partners include: Michael Moldaver (Supreme Court of Canada Judge), Marc Rosenberg (Judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal), Marie Henein and Todd B. White. As of 1986, he was reported to have billed $1.1 million for one murder case; when asked to disclose his fee, he suggested the reporter "get charged with a criminal offence, come to my office and I'll be happy to talk to you".〔 Greenspan was an outspoken critic of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's criminal justice legislation, including in a 2012 opinion piece in magazine ''The Walrus'' and a 2013 opinion piece in newspaper ''The Globe and Mail''. He was the brother of Brian Greenspan, also a well-known Canadian lawyer and sister Rosann Greenspan is Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Society at the University of California at Berkeley. His life was the subject of a filmed biography, a Criminal Mind, by director Barry Avrich. Avrich also wrote an essay on their relationship in The National Post. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Greenspan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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