« Le récit à la fois captivant et passionnant des mémoires du seul individu que j’ai connu qui ait été avocat, professeur de droit, parlementaire, ministre de la Justice et Procureur général et juge à la Cour supérieure. Un regard en plongée sur la vie et l’époque d’un leader extraordinaire. »
- Irwin Cotler, ex-ministre de la Justice du Canada
"A reflective and engaging memoir of the only person I know who has been a lawyer, a professor of law, parliamentarian, Minister of Justice and Attorney General and a Superior Court Judge. A looking glass into the life and times of an extraordinary leader."
- Irwin Cotler, former Canadian Minister of Justice
Born in Montréal, Herbert Marx received his B.A. from Concordia University, his M.A. in English Literature and a Bachelor of Law Degree from the Université de Montréal. He earned a Master's of Law Degree from Harvard University. Having placed first at the Québec Bar Exams in 1968, he received the prix du Barreau de Paris.