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Sidney B. Linden is a former Chief Judge of the Ontario Court of Justice and a judicial reformer and administrator in the Province of Ontario, Canada. ==Early career== Called to the bar in 1966, Linden became well-known as a lawyer specializing in criminal defence and civil liberties, a number of his cases receiving public notice.〔“Legal Eagles: It’s Like Having God in Your Corner”, ''Maclean’s Magazine'', June 1975, pp. 6-7. Brief biographies of 14 top lawyers in Canada. At 36 Linden was the second-youngest. Cases of note included ''R. v. Mikolasch'', involving questionable police confiscation of obscene materials (''Globe and Mail'', December 16, 1967; ''Toronto Star'', December 9, 1967), ''R. v. Kallhartt & Brooks'', involving heavy fines for masseurs in an alleged bawdy house (''Toronto Star'', February 8, 1973; ''Globe and Mail'', February 8, 1973), ''R. v. Nunes'', involving deportation of a Portuguese immigrant with a falsely validated passport (''Globe and Mail'', October 27, 1967; ''Toronto Star'', October 27, 1967), ''R. v. Buckler'', where Linden asked the court to strike down the Criminal Code’s indefinite preventative detention of habitual criminals provisions as contrary to the British North America Act and the Canadian Bill of Rights (''Toronto Star'', January 7, 1970), similarly ''R. v. Roestad'' which involved indefinite detention of a convicted pedophile (''Toronto Star'', February 3, 1971, February 12, 1971, February 15, 1971, February 26, 1971, and March 2, 1971), and similarly again ''R. v. Shand'', where Linden argued (successfully, though reversed on appeal) that mandatory minimum sentences for drug possession were contrary to the Bill of Rights (''Globe and Mail'', January 17, 1976; ''Toronto Star'', January 17, 1976; ''Maclean’s Magazine'', February 23, 1976). Linden’s murder trials included ''R. vs. Tennant & Naccaratto'', and ''R. vs. French & Urbanick''.〕 Linden was executive director and the first full-time counsel (1966–67) for the fledgling Canadian Civil Liberties Association.〔 The association had been formed in 1965 from the pre-existing Association for Civil Liberties.〕 Linden’ obtained a grant from The Ford Foundation, which improved the association’s ability to fund its staff and activities.〔“Joint Submission of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust to The Ford Foundation for Grant-in-Aid of an Ongoing Programme in the Field of Civil Liberties and for Special Assistance for “Due Process in Canadian Criminal Law: A Programme for Reform” (1967 unpublished).〕 He was one of the founding members of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association, serving as vice-president from 1975-79. Linden worked on bail reform as co-director of the Amicus Foundation Toronto Bail Project (1967–68), which used interviews and a scoring system to assess the suitability of prisoners for personal bail or release on recognizance, thereby countering the tendency of then bail system to favour individuals with financial means.〔See “Amicus: Friends To The Friendless”, ''The Ottawa Journal'', April 6, 1968. Also Frank N. Willams, “The Toronto Bail Project”, ''Osgoode Hall Law Journal'', Vol. 6, No. 2 (December 1968), pp. 316-324. The project was inspired by a similar initiative of the Vera Foundation in New York, and by the work of Professor Martin Friedland of the University of Toronto.〕 He was also a contributing editor (justice) for ''Maclean's Magazine'' and a member of the founding editorial board of ''Canadian Lawyer'', first published in October, 1977.〔For ''Maclean's'' see for example March 22, 1976, "Because of Morgentaler, one law will change - and maybe two", p. 55.〕 Linden was a supporter and active participant in the Legal Aid Plan of the Law Society of Upper Canada and worked for the plan’s reform. He was ejected from court by a judge for attempting to represent an accused as duty counsel.〔The presiding judge was not familiar with, or amenable to, this recent innovation. “Judge orders legal aid lawyer removed from his courtroom”, ''Toronto Star'', July 17, 1969; “A bad day in court” (editorial), ''Toronto Star'', July 18, 1969; “Wishart wants report on ouster”, ''The Telegram'', July 17, 1969; “Judge rapped on legal aid man’s ouster”, ''The Telegram'', July 18, 1969; for Judge Bolsby in his own defence see “Duty Counsel in Magistrate’s Court”, ''The Criminal Law Quarterly'', Vol. 11 (1968-69), pp. 354-371; for response of Legal Aid Program Committee of Law Society of Upper Canada see “The Functions of a Duty Counsel”, ''The Criminal Law Quarterly'', Vol. 12 (1969-70), pp. 124-131.〕 Linden was an early member of the York County Area Committee, and a member of the Law Society’s Legal Aid Committee from 1975-79. He was co-chair of the Sub-Committee to Study the Delivery of Legal Aid Services, formed April 1978. Recommendations of the sub-committee led to a new research facility, tariff reform including an experience incentive, and other initiatives to improve the plan’s capacity and infrastructure.〔The Law Society of Upper Canada Legal Aid Plan, 1979 Annual Report, pp. 11-16. For the report, see Linden, S., and J. Douglas Ewart, “Background Paper for the Legal Aid Committee of the Law Society and the Attorney General: Implications of the Salaried Defender Concept for the Delivery of Criminal Legal Services in Ontario”, October 5, 1978.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sidney B. Linden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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