Privacy in Peril: Hunter V Southam and the Drift from Reasonable Search Protections

by Richard Jochelson

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 state power, but as Richard Jochelson and David Ireland argue, post-Hunter search and seizure law took a turn away from the landmark decision. An examination of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774862572
• ISBN13: 9780774862578
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: UBC Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"