About the Authors

• Author: Nicholas Bala/Sanjeev Anand
• Pages: 757-757

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Nicholas Bala ha s been a Professor at the Faculty of L aw at Queen’s

University si nce 1980. Most of his teaching and rese arch ha s been in

the area of family and children’s law, with research focusing on issues

related to young offenders, child witnesses and ch ild abuse, spousal

abuse, and parental right s and responsibilities after divorce. Much of

his research work is interdisciplin ary and he ha s undertaken collab-

orative projects with criminologists, psychologists, social workers, and

health professionals. Professor Bala has published ex tensively and this

is the f‌i fteenth book th at he has w ritten or co-authored. His work has

been cited by all levels of court in Canada, including most of the re-

cent Supreme Court of Canada decisions dealing with youth justice is-

sues. He frequently presents at professional education programs acros s

Canada for judges, lawyers, probation off‌icers, youth workers, teachers,

doctors, psychologists, child welfare workers, and soci al workers.

Sanjeev Anand, a Professor at the Faculty of L aw at the University of

Alberta, is a former prosecutor and defence counsel. He teaches and re-

searches in f‌ive f‌ields: substantive criminal law, crimin al procedure, sen-

tencing, evidence, and constitutional law. An area of particular interest

to Dr. Anand is youth justice. Indeed, he has authored or co-authored

more than a dozen book chapters, journal ar ticles, and comm issioned

reports on various aspect s of Canad a’s juvenile justice system. Profes-

sor Anand’s work has been cited by courts across the nation, including

the Supreme Court of Canada. He has done considerable consulting on

law reform i ssues in the crim inal law f‌ield for the federal govern ment

and he is a frequent media commentator on criminal and constitutional

law issues. He is the co-author (with Eric Colvin) of Principles of Crimi-

nal Law, 3d ed. (2007), a treatise that critically e xplores the general

principles underlying the law of cr iminal culpability in Canada.