Preface and acknowledgements

• Author: Robert J Currie, Dr Joseph Rikhof
• Pages: 29-30

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PREFACE AND

ACK NOW LED GEME NTS

When the f‌irst edition of this book was published in 2010, it was clear

that the international criminal justice project was in full swing all over

the world, and that its controversial developments and developing con-

troversies could, at least potentially, sustain Ir win Law’s usual policy of

keeping the Essentials of Canadian Law series up to date through pub-

lishing subsequent editions. Moreover, the f‌irst edition’s assertion that

there was a sub-discipline called “transnational criminal law” that was

distinct from international criminal law stricto sensu has seen some

validation—both by the simultaneous publication of an identically

named American text1 and most notably in Professor Boister’s major

new work, An Introduction to Transnational Criminal Law.2 The level of

engagement with the blog that supports the f‌irst edition of this book3

was substantial enough to keep Rob Currie busy. So this, too, gave

some hope that a second edition might be needed and useful.

Most exciting and humbling, however, is that the f‌irst edition of thi s

book was well received by reviewers and its readi ng audience. It has been

used both as a teaching resource and as a source of authority for practi-

tioners in these specialized but growing f‌ields, and was cited by the Su-

preme Court of Canada soon after its publication.4 This speaks, perhaps,

1David Luban, Julie R O ’Sullivan, and David P Stewa rt, International and Trans-

national Criminal La w (New York: Aspen Publi shers, 2010).

2Oxford: Oxford Unive rsity Press, 2012.

3Online: http://rjcurrie.typepad.com/international-and-transna/.

4Németh v Canada (Justice), 2010 SCC 56 at para 69.