About the author

• Author: Kent Roach
• Profession: Faculty of Law and Centre of Criminology University of Toronto
• Pages: 421-421

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kent Roach is a Professor of Law and Criminology at the University of

Toronto. He formerly served as Law Clerk to Madam Justice Bertha

Wilson of the Supreme Court. He has been the editor-in-chief of the

Criminal Law Quarterly since 1998 and is a co-editor (with Patrick

Healy and Gary Trotter) of Cases and Materials on Criminal Law and

Procedure 9th ed (2004). He has written extensively on criminal justice

and anti-terrorism law in both Canada and abroad including a chapter

on the criminal process in the Oxford Handbook of Legal Studies (2003).

He is the author of Constitutional Remedies in Canada (1994) which was

awarded the 1997 Owen Prize as the best legal text in Canada and

(with Robert J. Sharpe) of Brian Dickson: A Judge’s Journey (2003)

which was awarded the 2004 Defoe Prize for best contribution to the

understanding of Canada. Other books include Due Process and Victims’

Rights: The New Law and Politics of Criminal Justice in Canada (1999)

and The Supreme Court on Trial: Judicial Activism or Democratic Dia-

logue (2001) which were both short-listed for the Donner Prize for best

public policy book and September 11: Consequences for Canada (2003).

Professor Roach has appeared as counsel for Aboriginal Legal Services

of Toronto and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association in cases in the

Supreme Court of Canada including Stillman, Williams, Gladue, and

Latimer. He also acted as counsel for the Association in Aid of the

Wrongfully Convicted in the systemic issues phase of the Kaufman

inquiry into the wrongful conviction of Guy Paul Morin and is present-

ly serving as a member of the research advisory committee to both the

Arar and Ipperwash inquiries.

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