Stephen Alexander Smith
{{short description|Canadian legal scholar and writer (1958–2022)}}
{{Infobox academic
| name = Stephen Alexander Smith
| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|FRSC|size=100%}}
| image = Stephen A Smith 14 May 2012-1891.jpg
| caption = Smith in 2012
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1958}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| death_date = {{Death date|2022|11|29|1958}} (aged 64)
| death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| spouse = Susan Law
| children = 3
| awards = Killam Research Fellowship (2008)
| alma_mater = Queen's University at Kingston (BA)
University of Toronto (LL.B)
Balliol College, Oxford (DPhil)
| doctoral_advisor = Joseph Raz
| discipline = Common law
| sub_discipline = Torts law
| workplaces = McGill University Faculty of Law
| notable_works = Contract Theory (2004)
Atiyah's Introduction to the Law of Contract, 6th ed (2005)
Rights, Wrongs, and Injustices: The Structure of Remedial Law (2019)
}}
Stephen Alexander Smith {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|FRSC}} (1958 – November 29, 2022) was a Canadian legal scholar and writer.
Early life and education
Smith was born in Toronto and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University at Kingston in 1981. Thereafter, he received a law degree from the University of Toronto and then a DPhil from Balliol College, Oxford under the supervision of Joseph Raz.{{Cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/stephen-smith-obituary?pid=203343668 |title=Stephen Smith Obituary |website=Legacy.com |access-date=2023-01-23}}
Legal career
In 1989, he served as a law clerk for Brian Dickson when he was Chief Justice of Canada.{{Cite web| url=https://www.mcgill.ca/law/channels/news/remembering-professor-stephen-smith-1958-2022-344015 |title= Remembering Professor Stephen A. Smith (1958–2022) |last=Leckey |first=Robert |publisher=McGill University |access-date=2023-01-23}}
Academic career
As an academic, Smith focused on torts law.
He was a former faculty member of St Anne's College, Oxford. He joined McGill University's Faculty of Law in 1998 as an associate professor and was promoted to a full professor in 2004. In 2009, he was named a James McGill Professor in the faculty.
Awards and recognition
In February 2008, Smith received a Killam Research Fellowship from the Canada Council for the Arts for his project "Court Orders and the Replication, Transformation and Creations of Rights".{{cite web|title=Two McGill scholars awarded Killam Fellowships |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/news/two-mcgill-scholars-awarded-killam-fellowships-29229|work=McGill University News|date=February 21, 2008}}
He was named New Zealand Law Foundation Distinguished Fellow of 2017 and visited all six New Zealand law faculties in the fall of 2017.{{cite web|title=Stephen Smith Named New Zealand Law Foundation Distinguished Fellow of 2017 |url=https://mcgill.ca/law/channels/news/stephen-smith-named-new-zealand-law-foundation-distinguished-fellow-2017-271482|work=McGill Faculty of Law News|date=October 3, 2017}}
In 2020, he was named to the Royal Society of Canada (Academy of the Social Sciences).
Personal life and death
Publications
- Contract Theory (2004)
- Atiyah's Introduction to the Law of Contract, 6th ed (2005)
- Rights, Wrongs, and Injustices: The Structure of Remedial Law (2019)
References
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External links
- [https://www.mcgill.ca/law/about/profs/smith-stephen Professor Stephen A. Smith, Faculty of Law, McGill University]
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Category:Canadian legal writers
Category:Canadian legal scholars
Category:Queen's University at Kingston alumni
Category:University of Toronto alumni
Category:Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
Category:Academic staff of the McGill University Faculty of Law
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