Prof. Roach, co-author of 'False Security,' recognized with Reg Robson, Canadian Law and Society Association awards

Prof. Kent Roach, LLB 1987, co-author of False Security with the University of Ottawa's Craig Forcese, has been recognized with two notable awards. Roach, the Prichard-Wilson Chair of Law and Public Policy, and Forcese, long-time scholarly collaborators, received the 2016 BC Civil Liberties Association's Reg Robson Award, which recognizes a community member who has demonstrated a substantial and long-lasting contribution to the cause of civil liberties in B.C. and Canada. At the May 26^th awards ceremony the scholars received a standing ovation.  

In its release, the BCCLA said: "These two individuals have been critical to mounting a resistance to the infringement of civil liberties in the name of national security. The astounding turn in public support for bill C-51 was due to a public education effort that was virtually all premised on their real-time legal analysis. They have exemplified what it means to be engaged public intellectuals, and the civil liberties community owes them a great debt."

In addition, False Security was awarded the Canadian Law and Society Association Book Prize, May 28^th in Calgary. The CLSA Book Prize is awarded annually for the best book on law and society, published in the previous year, in English or in French.