Peter Hogg

Peter Wardell Hogg  (3 December 1939 – 4 February 2020) was a New Zealand-born Canadian legal scholar and lawyer.  He was best known as the leading authority on Canadian constitutional law.

In 1970, he was appointed Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto and was appointed Dean in 1998. In 2003 he accepted a position as scholar in residence at the law firm of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.

Hogg wrote several books, including Constitutional Law of Canada, the single most-cited book in decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada. He was a key figure in the Supreme Court's decision to legalize gay marriage in Canada in 2004.Reference re Same-Sex Marriage, [2004] 3 SCR 698

Hogg died on 4 February 2020, aged 80.

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