Julius Grey
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Julius H. Grey (born 1948) is a Canadian lawyer and professor, and one of Canada's leading civil libertarians and human rights advocates.
Born in Wrocław, Poland, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971, a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1971, and a Master of Arts degree in 1973 from McGill University. Grey has been a member of the Quebec Bar and the Canadian Bar Association since 1974. Since 1976 he has been involved in numerous associations such as the Canadian Foundation for Individual Rights, serving as its president from 1985 to 1988. He has been a professor of law at McGill University since 1979.
Grey defended La servante écarlate by Margaret Atwood, the French version of The Handmaid's Tale, in the French version of Canada Reads, broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2004.
Grey successfully defended La Presse Chinoise against Falun Gong's defamation lawsuit in 2005.
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- Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry. Retrieved on April 4, 2006.
