Stephen Alexander Smith

Stephen Alexander Smith
FRSC
Stephen Alexander Smith FRSC
	Smith in 2012
Born	1958; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	November 29, 2022 (aged 64); Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Spouse	Susan Law
Children	3
Awards	Killam Research Fellowship (2008)
Academic background
Alma mater	Queen's University at Kingston (BA) ; University of Toronto (LL.B) ; Balliol College, Oxford (DPhil)
Doctoral advisor	Joseph Raz
Academic work
Discipline	Common law
Sub-discipline	Torts law
Institutions	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 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.^[1]

Legal career

In 1989, he served as a law clerk for Brian Dickson when he was Chief Justice of Canada.^[2]

Academic career

As an academic, Smith focused on torts law.^[2]

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.^[2]

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".^[3]

He was named New Zealand Law Foundation Distinguished Fellow of 2017 and visited all six New Zealand law faculties in the fall of 2017.^[4]

In 2020, he was named to the Royal Society of Canada (Academy of the Social Sciences).^[2]

Personal life and death

Smith was married and had 3 children.^[1] He died on November 29, 2022, at the age of 64.^[2]

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

^ ^a ^b "Stephen Smith Obituary". Retrieved 2023-01-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Leckey, Robert. "Remembering Professor Stephen A. Smith (1958–2022)". McGill University. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
^ "Two McGill scholars awarded Killam Fellowships". McGill University News. February 21, 2008.
^ "Stephen Smith Named New Zealand Law Foundation Distinguished Fellow of 2017". McGill Faculty of Law News. October 3, 2017.

External links

Professor Stephen A. Smith, Faculty of Law, McGill University

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[personal_obit-1] "Stephen Smith Obituary". Retrieved 2023-01-23.

[mcgill_obit-2] Leckey, Robert. "Remembering Professor Stephen A. Smith (1958–2022)". McGill University. Retrieved 2023-01-23.

[3] "Two McGill scholars awarded Killam Fellowships". McGill University News. February 21, 2008.

[4] "Stephen Smith Named New Zealand Law Foundation Distinguished Fellow of 2017". McGill Faculty of Law News. October 3, 2017.

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Stephen Alexander Smith FRSC
Smith in 2012
Born	1958 (1958) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	(2022-11-29)November 29, 2022 (aged 64) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Spouse	Susan Law
Children	3
Awards	Killam Research Fellowship (2008)

Academic background
Alma mater	Queen's University at Kingston (BA) University of Toronto (LL.B) Balliol College, Oxford (DPhil)
Doctoral advisor	Joseph Raz
Academic work
Discipline	Common law
Sub-discipline	Torts law
Institutions	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)