Preface to the sixth edition

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

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PREFACE

To the Sixth Edition

There have been many signif‌icant developments in Charter jurisprudence

since the publication of this book’s f‌ifth edition in 2013. The book con-

tinues to attempt to provide comprehensive-yet-succinct coverage of all

major Charter issues. This edition highlights new developments under

section 7 of the Charter, including discussion of the landmark Bedford

and Carter decisions and Parliament’s replies to those decisions. It also

features developments under section 1, including increased emphasis

on the f‌inal balancing stage of the proportionality test in the 2016 case

of R v KRJ. We also consider the development in freedom of association

jurisprudence to embrace not only rights of collective bargaining, but

also the right to strike. As always, many Charter decisions relate to the

criminal process and they appear in this edition, including the new

approach to trial in a reasonable time in Jordan, and a range of cases

relating to mandatory sentences and retroactive punishment.

We thank Scarlett Smith for her excellent research assistance, and

Sooin Kim and others at the Bora Laskin Law Library. We also thank

our publisher, Jeff Miller; Lesley Steeve and Alisa Posesorski for their

careful editing; and the staff at Irwin Law for all their help in the pro-

duction of this edition.