WINSTON G. TANNIS: Making The Queen's Law Symposium - Indeed, 'Let Right Be Done'
Subtitle: Setting The Record Right, Correct - A Biography and Life In Progress
Publisher: Beacon Publications
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Ottawa, Canada
Description: This work of history, law and philosophy is written by the man who made the Queen's Annual Business Law Symposium, from start to finishing under arrangement with Carswell of the global power house Thomson Reuters (1994-97).  From Gold Medal standing in philosophy and politics in a world leading program, Winston Tannis attended Queen's Law School on scholarship after turning down graduate and law school offers by The University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School, and after working at a top ten global financial house on Bay Street and as Director of a world leading tennis resort.  He went on to apply his knowledges in the spirit of some of the world's great intellects, jurists and political minds; before and while founding the international calibre Queen's Annual Business Law Symposium, he reestablished the entire business law program, at the cutting edges, and during a down economy.  With the Symposium, he entered the Einsteinian realm of genius in action, drawing the best and brightest from all parts of the world to join him to examine his creation from nothing and nothingness.  In grand paternalistic manner, or through great intellectual grace, he included men and women of the law who showed some enthousiasm for theory and its relevance to the law - in this vain, his leadership shone through when he extended an invitation to practitioners Philip Anisman and Edward Waitzer, allowing them into his award winning orbits of genius to create a work that would enliven global finance, law, business and economics with a view to his lifelong interest in peace and security, and perhaps en route to a Head of State role at a very young age.  In return, he was awarded a historic Platinum Pen for elevating the standard of legal scholarship and practice across North America and the world.  This is the correct account by the man at the clear helm, from all perspectives - legal, intellectual, philosophical/doctoral, commercial, economic and political.  This work is by the Founding President, Director, Chair and Contributing Editor-In-Chief.  It matches the comment of Professor Bala, who attended the event:  "You have put Queen's Law on the global map."  It also reveals the gross research errors in both the understatements and the poor historical facts of Professor  Walters in Let Right Be Done.  With a diligent effort, an entire section should have been devoted to this landmark Symposium, not merely for Queen's Law history but for Canadian, American and global history.  In his work, Professor Walters criticizes judges for possessing weak social science skills - which is a half truth in the face of his gross deficiencies as a historian, or as a legal analyst with regard for academe, scholarship, professionalism and true doctoral or philosophical pursuits. This is why WG has set the record straight as a pre-release to his upcoming autobiography and major motion picture.  It is also why James Baillie called his event "cachet" and why Lawyer's Weekly declared him the "law wunderkind"; now the former Davies protege and young star leads both Tannis & Associates (International) and The Beacon Letters / Les Lettres du Balise as President, while writing, making his film and leading the HRI or Commission of Inquiry.