Errol P. Mendes is professor of law at the University of Ottawa. He is the co-author or co-editor of five books, including Bridging the Global Divide on Human Rights: A China-Canada Dialogue (Ashgate, 2004), Between Crime and War: Terrorism, Democracy and the Constitution (Carswell, 2003), Global Governance, Economy and Law (Routledge, 2003), Towards a Fair Global Labour Market: Avoiding the New Slave Trade (Routledge, 1999), and the landmark constitutional law text The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Carswell, 1996).