Ancillary Police Powers in Canada

Auteur

John W. Burchill, Richard Jochelson, Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, and Terry Skolnik

Texte du rabat

Ancillary Police Powers in Canada investigates the scope of police powers under Canadian common law, and the implications for our rights, freedoms, and individual liberty.

Contenu

Introduction: Judicial Oversight of Police Powers in Canada

Part 1: History and Context

1 The Common Law Constable

2 The Supreme Court's Embrace of the Ancillary Powers Doctrine

with Lauren Gowler

Part 2: Judicial Expansion of Police Powers

3 Search Incident to Arrest

with Lauren Gowler

4 An Empirical Analysis of Ancillary Power Generation and Deployment

with Lauren Gowler

Part 3: Critiquing Police Powers

5 The Doctrine's Proportionality Problem

6 Ancillary Police Powers and the Black Experience in Canada

7 The Doctrine as a One-Way Ratchet

Conclusion

Notes; Bibliography; Index