Acknowledgments

• Author: Stephen Coughlan
• Profession: Professor of Law. Dalhousie University
• Pages: 17-18

ACK NOW LED GEM ENTS

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

has not been broken w ith thi s one, so many “th ank yous” are in or-

der, though it is a delicate task not to ignore important people while

at the same time not thanking the entire academy. Many people have

contributed to whatever merits this book ha s, though its demerits

remain my own.

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

dent is the opportunity to work, a s a colleague, w ith thos e who have

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

vision between the roles than actually exi sts in practice. In pa rticular

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

now the Honourable Justice Cromwell of the Nova Scotia Court of Ap -

peal, whose ongoing patience with me has extended to reading this

manuscript and ki ndly agreeing to write the foreword. In addition, my

law school professors in Crimin al Procedure and Criminal Law — Bruce

Archibald and Dick Evan s, respectively — have been valued colleagues

for many years, f rom whom I have continued to lea rn. I should also

single out former Dean Daw n Russell, without whose many year s of 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 text s in these areas, but also through my work with the

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

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