Privacy in peril : Hunter v Southam and the drift from reasonable search protections / Richard Jochelson and David Ireland.

Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2019]

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Landmark cases in Canadian law.

"In 1984, the Supreme Court of Canada, in Hunter v Southam, declared warrantless searches unreasonable under section 8 of the Charter. Police would henceforth require authorization based on "reasonable and probable grounds." The decision promised to protect individuals from encroaching state power, but as Richard Jochelson and David Ireland argue, post-Hunter search and seizure law took a turn away from the landmark decision. A close examination of dozens of post-Hunter cases reveals that section 8 protections have become more difficult to obtain in the post-9/11 era. Rather than developing rigorous standards for new search and surveillance techniques and technologies, the court has used the Charter to sanction broader police powers. Yet, even as it demonstrates that the core principles of Dickson's vision for section 8 rights have been diminished in an era of heightened security and expanding police powers, Privacy in Peril suggests that increasing citation of Hunter in the halls of justice offers hope that some protection of civil liberties will endure in the twenty-first century."-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version: Jochelson, Richard, 1973- Privacy in peril. Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, 2019

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