Andrew Robertson was a lawyer and author of legal works.

Robertson emigrated to the United States with his family at the age of 17 and they spent considerable time there before moving north to Sherbrooke, Quebec

Sherbrooke, Quebec

Sherbrooke is a Canadian city in southern Quebec. Sherbrooke is situated at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality and census division of...

. He, along with two brothers, pursued careers in the legal profession. He practiced law with both brothers at various times in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 and had a prosperous career. Also, he attained an appointment as queen’s counsel in 1864. At that time he began producing some important legal works. For example, with Judge Joseph-Ubalde Beaudry

Joseph-Ubalde Beaudry

Joseph-Ubalde Beaudry was a jurist and author from Montreal.Beaudry was educated at the college of Montreal where he was highly proficient in languages and the exact sciences. He entered the legal field as a law clerk for Côme-Séraphin Cherrier and became a lawyer in 1838...

 he compiled the Lower Canada Reports/Décisions des tribunaux du Bas-Canada, an important reference work for legal precedents.

Robertson was a governor of McGill University

McGill University

Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

and left part of his estate to the library at the Faculty of Law.