Criminal Procedure by Stephen Coughlan sets out and examines the law governing criminal procedure in Canada. It explains the body of rules and principles that govern the investigation, prosecution, and adjudication of any offence enacted by Parliament for which an accused person would have a criminal record if found guilty by a court exercising jurisdiction under the Criminal Code. These include such things as the rules by which police powers are exercised, the right to counsel, search warrants, interim release, and procuring attendance of witnesses.

Stephen Coughlan is a professor of law at Dalhousie University in Halifax. His areas of teaching have included criminal law and procedure, constitutional law, health law, and appellate advocacy. Professor Coughlan is an editor of the Criminal Reports and an author of the National Judicial Institute Criminal Law e-Letter. He is one of the authors of the Carswell Annual Review of Criminal Law and of Learning Canadian Criminal Law (10th ed.). In addition, he is a member of the Law and Technology Institute at Dalhousie Law School.

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