Dana Seetahal
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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").
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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.
. 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.
Monday October 28, 2002
The Appropriation Bill, 2003
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.'
"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."
The third edition of this book was released in July 2010, and contains a new chapter on Extradition.
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Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
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").
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She is an attorney at law in private practice and was formerly a lecturer at the Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
, 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
University of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies , is an autonomous regional institution supported by and serving 17 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica,...
, 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.
. 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.
The Senate
Maiden ContributionMonday 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.'
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."
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."
References
External links
- Contribution to Caribbean Journal of Criminilogy and Social Psychology
- Senate of Trinidad and TobagoSenate of Trinidad and TobagoThe Senate of Trinidad and Tobago is the appointed Upper House of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. The Senate sits in the Red House in Port of Spain...