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2003, "Justice Defiled: Perverts. Potheads, Serial Killers and Lawyers", Toronto: Key Porter Publishing.

Books

"The Charter, The Supreme Court of Canada and the Constitutionalization of the Investigative Process", in Jamie Cameron, ed., "The Impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on the Criminal Law" (Carswell, 1995)."Law for the Modern Idiot" in Elena Palozzi, ed., Animal Tranquillizers, (Vox Populi Press, 1994)."Appellate Court Sentencing Principles for Young Offenders", in L. Beaulieu (00.), ed., Young Offender Dispositions (Toronto: Wall and Thompson, 1988) 67-107.

Book Chapters

Full Text (HTML)"Search and Seizure in 2004 - Dialogue or Dead-End?" (2005) 29 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 351Full Text (HTML)"Crime Victims and Constitutional Rights" (2005) 49 Criminal Law Quarterly 1Full Text (HTML)"Fundamental Justice and Political Power: A Personal Reflection on Twenty Years in the Trenches" (2002) 16 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 1Full Text (PDF)"Adversarial Justice and the Charter of Rights: Stunting the Growth of the' Living Tree' - Part 1" (1997) 39 Criminal Law Quarterly 362Full Text (PDF)"Adversarial Justice and the Charter of Rights: Stunting the Growth of the' Living Tree' - Part 2' (1997) 39 Criminal Law Quarterly 406Full Text (PDF)"When Titans Clash - The Limits of Constitutional Adjudication" (1996) 44 C.R. (4th) 152Full Text (HTML)"Two Scales of Justice - A Reply" (1993) 35 Criminal Law Quarterly 355Full Text (HTML)"All Along the Watchtower: Arbitrary Detention and the Police Function" (1991) 29 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 329Full Text (PDF)"Greffe: A Section 8 Triumph or a Thorn in the Side of Law Enforcement" (1990) 75 C.R. (3d) 293Full Text (PDF)"From Elvis' Pelvis to As Nasty as They Wanna Be: Freedom of Expression and Contemporary Popular Music" (1990) 2 Media and Communications Law Journal 155"Catching Copyright Criminals: R. v. Miles of Music Ltd." (1990) 5 Intellectual Property Journal 257Full Text (PDF)"Not Waving But Drowning: A Look at Waiver and Collective Constitutional Rights" (1988) 53 Saskatchewan Law Review 47-112Full Text (PDF)"Son of Sam and his Legislative Offspring: The Constitutionality of Stripping Criminals of Their Literary Profits" (1988) 4 Intellectual Property Journal 25-62Full Text (HTML)"News From the Front - The War on Obscenity and the Death of Doctrinal Purity" (1987) 25 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 305-374

Journal Articles

"Grassroots Movement Spurred Shift on Marijuana", Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal, vol. 137, Feb. 2004."The State that Cried Wolf' (1999) 3 Nathanson Centre Newsletter 19"How to Wake a Sleeping Giant" (1999) 7 Canada Watch 99"The Charter of Rights as a Murderer's Best Friend" (1998) 6 Canada Watch 92"The Rise and Fall of the Charter Empire" (1997) 5 Canada Watch 50

Shorter Articles

"Cannabis as Therapy: Access and Regulation Issues for People Living with HIV/AIDS: A Legal, Ethical and Human Rights Perspective" (Canadian AIDS Society, 2005)"Crime Victims and Constitutional Rights" (Department of Justice (Can.), 2003)"The Role of the Victim in the Criminal Process: A Literature Review - 1989 to 1999" (Ottawa: Department of Justice - Research and Statistics Division, 2001)"Criminal Compensation in Canada: A Status Report" (Department of Justice (Can.), 2001)"Canadian Criminal Law: A Monograph for the International Encyclopedia of Law" (Kluwer Law Publishing, 1999)"Legal Aid and Criminal Justice in Ontario" (Ontario Legal Aid Review, 1997)“The Constitutionality of the Investigatory Powers of a Public Inquiry" (Ontario Law Reform Commission 1991)"The Criminal Law and Cultural Minorities" (co-authored with Marc Gold) (Law Reform Commission of Canada 1991)"The Operation of Mitigating and Aggravating Factors in Appellate Sentencing Decisions" (Canadian Sentencing Commission, 1985)"The Constitutional and Human Rights Dimensions of Drug Testing" (co-authored with Marc Gold) (Ontario Law Reform Commission, 1990)"The Role of an Appellate Court in Developing Sentencing Guidelines" (Department of Justice - Research and Development Directorate, 1988)"The In-Out Decision and the Impact of the Criminal Record" (Canadian Sentencing Commission, 1985)"Tariff Sentencing in Canada" (Canadian Sentencing Commission, 1985)"The Operation of Appellate Sentencing Ranges in Trial Court Sentencing Decisions" (Canadian Sentencing Commission, 1984)"The Role of Appeal Courts in Establishing Ranges" (Canadian Sentencing Commission,1984)

Monographs & Reports

"Privacy as an Endangered Species: The False Promise of the Charter" (2000) Law Society of Upper Canada Special Lectures

Other Presentations

[Newspaper and Magazine Editorials ] The Toronto Star: 67 Articles (1995-2007).[Newspaper and Magazine Editorials ] The Now Magazine: 32 Articles (2003-2007).[Newspaper and Magazine Editorials ] The National Post (2000, 2006).[Newspaper and Magazine Editorials ]The Globe and Mail (2005).[Newspaper and Magazine Editorials ] The Ottawa Citizen (1997).[Creative Writing Project ] 1999 "Family Reunion", short story for publication in the 1999 Taddle Creek Literary Review[Creative Writing Project ] Script Consultant, "Scales of Justice - The Belshaw Trial", written by Edward Greenspan and George Jonas for C.B.C. Television, 1994[Creative Writing Project ] Script Consultant, "Ice Road" (A Television Feature Film), written by Keith Ross Leckie for Ice Road Pictures Inc., 1992.[Creative Writing Project ] "Persephone's Retreat", A Two-Act Play written by Alan N. Young, 1992[Newspaper and Magazine Editorials ] "Some Observations on the Many Faces of Criminal Justice", C.B.C. Radio Guide (1987).

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