Dana Seetahal

Dana S. Seetahal, SC was an Independent Senator in the Trinidad and Tobago Senate. In the 1950s she was born on July 8 in Trinidad and Tobago.

Dana S. Seetahal, SC, was first appointed to Parliament in April 2002 as an Independent Senator in the 7th Republican Parliament. She was again appointed an Independent Senator in the 8th and 9th Parliaments (October 2002 and December 2007). She was not re-appointed to the 10th Parliament.
In January 2006 she was made Senior Counsel ("took silk").
.^[1] She is an attorney at law in private practice and was formerly a lecturer at the Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad and Tobago, where she held the position of Course Director in Criminal Practice and Procedure. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of the West Indies, a Masters Degree in Criminology from Florida State University and is a Fulbright Scholar.

In 2008 she opened her own private chambers "El Dorado Chambers" located in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
.^[1] Before being appointed as an Independent Senator, Ms. Seetahal has also served as a State Prosecutor, Assistant Solicitor General and a Magistrate. She currently writes a weekly column for the Saturday Express, having previously written for "The Guardian", both local newspaper in Trinidad and Tobago.^[1]

Content

The Senate

Maiden Contribution
Monday October 28, 2002
The Appropriation Bill, 2003

Commonwealth Caribbean Criminal Practice and Procedure

Description: Her first book the 'Commonwealth Caribbean on Criminal Procedure' is the first of its kind to be published. Its credibility is supported not only by her theoretical knowledge, but also her practical knowledge earned over twenty years of experience in the field: as a prosecutor for over a dozen years,as a magistrate, as a criminologist, a criminal justice consultant and finally as a law school lecturer. 'This book fills a lacuna in Commonwealth Caribbean jurisprudence in that there is currently no local or regional text on criminal practice and procedure. The content of the book includes both the statute law and common law on criminal practice and procedure in most of the relevant jurisdictions, which include Trinidad Tobago, Guyana, Barbados, Jamaica and Grenada among others.' ^{[2] [3]}

Commonwealth Caribbean Criminal Practice and Procedure 2nd Edition

Description:
"Revised throughout, this new edition addresses the recent changes in law in St Lucia and the Bahamas bringing this popular text right up-to-date. Although written for law students, as the only book which deals specifically with criminal practice and procedure in the Caribbean, it is also a useful reference tool for criminal justice professionals."^[4]

The third edition of this book was released in July 2010, and contains a new chapter on Extradition.

Other Contributions

Regional Issues of Justice and Governance- Ambassador Colin Granderson and Miss Dana Seetahal.
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"==References==

1. ^ ^{a b c} http://guardian.co.tt/byline-authors/dana-seetahal
2. ^ SEETAHAL, Dana S., Commonwealth Caribbean criminal practice and procedure, London : Cavendish, 2001, lxii, 524 p., ISBN 1859416640 (pbk.)
3. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=IibH_qZOo_kC&pg=PR9&lpg=PR9&dq=commonwealth+criminal+practice+and+procedure+2001&source=bl&ots=e6jacTTL1j&sig=DnkAZALcv1v8LLCC_ymDxn8z5Ak&hl=en&ei=JzEGSs3NL-OMtgfm2vSMBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1
4. ^ http://www.routledge.com/books/Commonwealth-Caribbean-Criminal-Practice-and-Procedure-isbn9781859419748
5. ^ http://google.com/search?q=cache:iys6h0N3IDQJ:caricom.org/jsp/community/regional_issues/National%2520Consultation%2520-%2520Trinidad%2520and%2520Tobago.pdf+dana+seetahal+profile&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

External links

• Contribution to Caribbean Journal of Criminilogy and Social Psychology
• Senate of Trinidad and Tobago

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