Research and writing

My accomplishments

Key areas of focus 
I have concentrated most of my research and writing on five main areas. These are:

  • Law of evidence
  • Substantive criminal law and the criminal justice process
  • Animal law
  • Legal education
  • Constitutional law

Writing and researching

I have been writing books and publishing articles on a variety of law subjects since 1996 and have been honoured to have some of my work published in numerous of the world’s most distinguished journals including the Queen’s Law Journal, the University of British Columbia Law Review, the Criminal Law Quarterly, the New Zealand Law Review and the Animal Law Review.

I am also the author, co-author or co-editor of various books, including:

WitnessesBook

WITNESSES (1991-CURRENT)

Canada’s leading treatise on the substantive, evidentiary and procedural law relating to witnesses.

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ANIMAL LAW IN AUSTRALASIA: CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE (2013)

An entirely revised edition covering new issues concerning the treatment of animals under the law.

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CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES ON ANIMALS AND THE LAW (2015)

The first collection of essays ever produced in Canada to explore the legal relationship between animals and humans.

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MANNING, MEWETT AND SANKOFF ON CRIMINAL LAW (4TH ED. 2009, 5TH ED. 2015)

A thorough treatise on Canadian criminal law

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PORTABLE GUIDE TO WITNESSES (1ST ED. 2006, 2ND ED. 2011, 3RD ED. 2014)

A condensed version of the larger work to be used by practitioners in court.

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EVIDENCE ACT REVISITED FOR CRIMINAL LAWYERS (NEW ZEALAND, 2010)

A comprehensive monograph analyzing the first two years of jurisprudence decided under the Evidence Act 2006.

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ANIMAL LAW IN AUSTRALASIA: A NEW DIALOGUE (2009)

The first scholarly treatise on animal law published in the Southern Hemisphere.

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CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIC DIGEST (2011)

Evidence for Thomson Reuters Canada.

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Celebrating the release of Animals and the Law with Katie Sykes and Justice Louis LeBel in Toronto (2015).
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Michael Kirby, Bruce Wagman (ALDF) and Steven White join me at the Australian book launch of Animal Law in Australasia.
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Australian Launch of Animal Law in Australasia with High Court judge Michael Kirby, Voiceless CEO Brian Sherman, Co-editor Steven White and Voiceless Counsel Katrina Sharman.
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