The Security of Freedom: Essays on Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Bill

Abstract

Papers presented at a conference entitled: The security of freedom: a conference on Canada's anti-terrorism bill, held Nov. 9-10, 2001, and sponsored by the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. The security of freedom. The permanence of the temporary: can emergency powers be normalized? / David Dyzenhaus -- Cutting down trees: law-making under the shadow of great calamities / Oren Gross -- Terrorism and the risk society / David Schneiderman -- Network wars / Janice Gross Stein -- Governing security, governing through security / Mariana Valverde -- Terrorism's challenge to the constitutional order / Lorraine E. Weinrib -- The Charter and democratic accountability. Thinking outside the box: foundational principles for a counter-terrorism law and policy / Irwin Cotler -- The dangers of a charter-proof and crime-based response to terrorism / Kent Roach -- Criminalizing terrorism. The new terrorism offences and the criminal law / Kent Roach -- Political association and the Anti-terrorism Bill / David Schneiderman and Brenda Cossman. Effectiveness of anti-terrorism legislation: does Bill C-36 give us what we need? / Martha Shaffer -- The dangers of quick fix legislation in the criminal law: the Anti-terrorism Bill C-36 should be withdrawn / Don Stuart -- Terrorism and criminal justice. Rule of law or executive fiat? Bill C-36 and public interest immunity / Hamish Stewart -- Anti-terrorism Bill and preventive restraints on liberty / Gray T. Trotter -- Information gathering. Is privacy a casualty of the war on terrorism / Lisa Austin -- Police powers in Bill C-36 / Martin L. Friedland -- Intelligence requirements and anti-terrorism legislation / Wesley K. Wark -- Financial terrorism. Cutting off the flow of funds to terrorists: whose funds? Which funds? Who decides? / Kevin E. Davis -- Charitable status and terrorist financing: rethinking the proposed Charities Registration (Security Information) Act / David G. Duff. International dimensions of the response to terrorism. Terrorism and legal change: an international law lesson / Jutta Brunné -- Canada's obligations at international criminal law / Patrick Macklem -- Administering security in a multicultural society. Protecting equality in the face of terror: ethnic and racial profiling and s. 15 of the Charter / Sujit Choudhry -- Borderline security / Audrey Macklin -- A thousand and one rights / Edward Morgan -- The intersection of administrative law with Anti-terrorism Bill / Lorne Sossin. Appendix A: Annotated and selected excerpts of Bill C-36. -- Appendix B: Public order regulations, October, 1970.