Preface

• Author: Robert J. Sharpe, Kent Roach
• Pages: 17-17

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PREFACE

To the Fourth Edition

The steady pace of Charter litigation has produced a long list of signif‌i-

cant developments since the publication of the t hird edition four years

ago. Notable among those developments are signif‌icant ch anges to the

way the Supreme Court has approached the interpretation of equality

rights and constitutional remedies including t he exclusion of evidence

under section 24(2) of t he Charter. We have done our best to ref‌lect

those developments in the preparation of this ed ition and, where ap-

propriate, to improve upon certain aspects of earlier editions. Although

Katherine Swinton did not pa rticipate in the preparation of t his edi-

tion or the third edition, we continue to benef‌it from her important

contribution to the f‌irst and second editions a nd sig nif‌icant portions

of the book continue to bear her mark. We thank James Reni han and

Tom McConville for their excellent re search assi stance. We also than k

our publishers, William Kaplan and Jeff Miller, for their conf‌idence and

support, and the st aff at Ir win Law for all their help in the production

of this edition.