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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Hamilton Health Services Corporation v D.H. et. al.

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The introduction to a lousy decision by a Judge Edward of the Ontario the Court of Justice: ..... JUSTICE G.B. EDWARD:— 1: INTRODUC...

Saturday, January 24, 2015

American Sniper

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A few thoughts on American Sniper. Spoiler alert. In between ingress and egress of rounds of sleeping over grandkids, I snuck off to ta...

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Selma: Oversttuffed And Slow, However Worthy

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I saw Selma today with Sharon. I guess we're both in a really small minority but we both thought the movie was a pretty big yawn thou...

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Gone Girl: Some Comments

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This is a thoughtful, well written piece. The problem for me is that while the movie is just ok, worthwhile in a stolid way, weighed down by...

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Cass Sunstein On Richard Epstein On Constitutional Theory

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Linked to below is a most interesting and accessible account by Cass Sunstein of Richard Epstein's constitutional thinking, which itself...

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Middlemarch, Chapter 61, Book 6: Has Eliot Mucked Something Up?

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Middlemarch, Chapter 61, Book 6 Has Eliot mucked something up? .....The spiritual kind of rescue was a genuine need with him. There may be c...

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Middlemarch: A Note On Chapter 54, Book 6

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Finally, and at last, sexual desire in Middlemarch. If this isn't sexual desire, couched to be sure, layered into other needs and motive...

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itzik basman: I got my B.A. in English Literature from the University of British Columbia ("U.B.C."). I got my Secondary School Teaching Certificate from U.B.C. and my Masters degree in English Literature from U.B.C. writing my 125 page Masters' Thesis on the novels of Mordecai Richler. I attended Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, graduating with my Juris Doctor . After articling and completing the Ontario Bar Admissions Course, I was called to the bar in Ontario. I have practiced law to date in Toronto, specializing in Family Law, Civil Litigation, and Appellate Advocacy. I have pleaded cases in all civil Ontario courts, including many times in the Ontario Court of Appeal, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada. I practice law under the firm name Itzik Basman Barrister, James Rose, my former associate, having died January 23, 2011. I published on line in 2004 my extended essay on "Hamlet, entitled Futility As Tragedy: An Interpretation Of Hamlet". It can be found at Lulu.Com. It was critically reviewed both in Kritikos and Politics and Culture. I live in Toronto.

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