Acknowledgements

• Author: Steve Coughlan
• Pages: 18-19

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ACK NOW LED GEMEN TS

No book is ever exclusively the product of the author, and that mould

has not been broken with this one, so many “thank yous” are in order,

though it is a delicate task not to ignore important people while at the

same time not thank ing the entire academy. Many people have contrib-

uted to whatever merits this book has, though its demerits remain my

own.

A central pleasure of returning to teach where one has been a stu-

dent is the opportunity to work, as a colleague, with those who have

formerly been one’s instructors—though that implies a more stark div-

ision between the roles than actually exists in practice. In particular it

was a pleasure to work in a variety of capacities with Tom Cromwell,

now Justice Cromwell of the Supreme Court of Canada, whose ongoing

patience with me has extended to reading this manuscript and kindly

agreeing to write the foreword. In addition, my law school professors

in Criminal Procedure and Criminal Law—Bruce Archibald and Dick

Evans, respectively—h ave been valued colleagues for many years, f rom

whom I have continued to learn. I should also single out former Dean

Dawn Russell, without whose many years of support I would never

have been in a position to pursue an academic career.

My understanding of the subject matter of this book is enhanced

greatly by Don Stuart and Tim Quigley—not only because of their own

authoritative texts in these areas, but also through my work with the

two of them on other projects. Both are unself‌ish scholars whose ad-