About the authors

• Author: Robert J Currie, Dr Joseph Rikhof
• Pages: 747-748

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Robert J Currie is an associate professor at the Schulich School of Law

at Dalhousie University, where he teaches international crim inal law,

international advocacy, evidence, crimi nal law, civil procedure, and

law and technology. He studied at both St Francis Xavier University

and the Norman Paterson School of International Af fairs at Carleton

University, and has degrees in law from Dal housie and the University

of Edinburgh. Prior to his ac ademic appointment, Professor Curr ie had

a civil litigation practice at the Atl antic Canadian f‌irm McInnes Cooper,

where he appeared before all levels of court in Nova Scotia, as well as

before the Federal Court. He has been a member of the Nova Scotia Ba r

since 2000.

Professor Currie has authored or co-authored numerous articles

and comments in the area of intern ational and transn ational crimin al

law, and his work has been cited by Canadia n courts. The f‌irst edition

of this book, published in 2010, was short-listed for the Walter Owen

Book Prize for Outstand ing Canadian Legal Literature and wa s cited by

the Supreme Court of Canada. He acts as a consultant for both govern-

ment and private clients and is often called upon to provide CLE for

the practising ba r., He is vice-president of the Law Reform Commi ssion

of Nova Scotia, a member of the executive committee of the Canadian

Council on International Law, and is on the board of directors of the

Canadian IT L aw Association (IT.Can). In 2008, Professor Currie was

honoured with the Dalhousie Law Students’ Society and Alumni As-

sociation Award for Excellence in Teaching.