About the authors

• Author: David M. Paciocco/Lee Stuesser/Palma Paciocco
• Pages: 771-772

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

The Honourable Justice David M Paciocco of the Court of Appeal for

Ontario, professor emeritus, Faculty of L aw, University of Ottawa, was

formerly a justice of the Ontario Court of Justice and a professor of law

at the University of Ottawa, Common Law Sect ion. While a professor,

he served as a prosecutor over a period of several years before engaging

in a speciali zed criminal defence practice. He has written extensively

about criminal law and is a frequent lecturer at continuing education

programs for judges and lawyers. His academic writi ngs have been

relied upon, on numerous occasions, by courts in Canada, New Zea-

land, and Australi a, and by the Privy Council.

Palma Paciocco is an assistant professor at Osgoode Hall Law School

of York University, where she researches and teaches i n the areas of

crimina l law and evidence. She holds an SJD degree from Har vard Law

School, BCL and LLB degrees from the McGill Faculty of Law, and a

joint-honours BA from the McGill Faculty of Arts. She served as a law

clerk to the Honourable Justice Louise Charron of the Supreme Court

of Canada and is ca lled to the bars of Ontar io and New York. She is a

frequent lecturer at continuing education programs for judges and law-

yers and is a recipient of the Osgoode Hall Law School Teaching Award.

Lee Stuesser is the founding dean of law at the Bora L askin Faculty of

Law, Lakehead University. Prior to this position he was a professor of

law and the director of the Can adian Law Progr am at Bond University

in Australia. Before moving to Australia, he taught evidence, advocacy,