Irwin Law wishes to congratulate author Kent Roach for his appointment to the Order of Canada. The Order of Canada was established in 1967 to recognize outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation. Kent Roach has been named Member of the Order of Canada for “his steadfast defence of the rights of Canadians, both as a scholar and as a litigator.”
Kent Roach is the author and co-author of numerous books on criminal law and constitutional law, including:
- The Supreme Court on Trial: Judicial Activism or Democratic Dialogue
- Forensic Investigations and Miscarriages of Justice: The Rhetoric Meets the Reality (with Robert Moles and Bibi Sangha)
- The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 5/e (with Robert J. Sharpe)
- Criminal Law, 6/e
- False Security: The Radicalization of Canadian Anti-terrorism (with Craig Forcese)