Gary Botting is a lawyer well known for his defence of constitutional rights and civil liberties in Canada. He has written legal texts on constitutional analysis, fundamental freedoms, extradition, wrongful conviction, aboriginal rights, and the history and practice of law, and popular books on subjects as diverse as English literature, theatre, biography, aboriginal history, contemporary theories of leadership, and religious studies (see Publications). He has won awards for his plays, poetry and short fiction (see Awards).