Jean Beetz
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Jean Beetz CC |
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| Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
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In office January 1, 1974 – November 10, 1988 |
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| Nominated by | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Bora Laskin |
| Succeeded by | Charles Gonthier |
| Justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal | |
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In office 1973–1974 |
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| Nominated by | Pierre Trudeau |
| Personal details | |
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March 27, 1927 Montreal, Quebec |
| Died | September 30, 1991 (aged 64) |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal Faculty of Law; Pembroke College, Oxford |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Jean-Marie Philémon Joseph Beetz, CC, c.r. (March 27, 1927 – September 30, 1991) was a Canadian lawyer, academic and judge from Quebec. He served as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1974 to 1988.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Beetz was the son of Jean Beetz and Jeanne Cousineau. He was the grandson of Johan Beetz, a Canadian naturalist of Belgian origin.
Beetz earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947 from the Université de Montréal and a Licentiate of Laws in 1950. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and attended Pembroke College, Oxford, where he received Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in 1953.
Beetz was called to the bar in Quebec before leaving for England on his Rhodes Scholarship. On his return to Canada in 1953, he became an assistant professor teaching Canadian constitutional law at the Université de Montréal. He taught there for twenty years, including serving as Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1968 to 1970. He had a reputation as a reflective and meticulous scholar and a wise and caring teacher. One of his colleagues on the Faculty of Law was Pierre Trudeau, later the federal Minister of Justice and then Prime Minister of Canada.
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