Criminal Law in Canada: Cases, Questions, and the Code, 8th Edition
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Criminal Law in Canada: Cases, Questions, and the Code, 8th Edition

David MacAlister, Simon Verdun-Jones
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Simon Verdun-Jones’s bestselling Criminal Law in Canada: Cases, Questions, and the Code is a highly readable, case-filled introduction to criminal law and the Canadian Criminal Code. Structured into two parts, offences and defences, this resource contains analysis of an important criminal law cases along with accompanying discussion questions. Students can test their comprehension through more than 100 study questions including short, fictitious scenario questions designed to test their ability to apply criminal law concepts to a fact situation. Updated to reflect recent case law and legislation, the eighth edition features expanded discussion on sentencing, partial defences, bail reform, and more, in addition to new “Criminal Law in Practice” boxes that provide insight into topical criminal law issues. 

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Higher Education Criminal Justice and Criminology

  • New “Criminal Law in Practice” boxes offering more in-depth look at topical issues such as Indigenous people and criminal law, the intersection of race and gender and criminal law, and more. 

  • New Canadian criminal law cases examined in an extended box feature in each chapter, with discussion questions. New cases to this edition include R v Khill, 2021 SCC 37, Rowan (2022), Sullivan (2022), and Collins (2023), among others. 

  • End-of-chapter scenario questions. 

  • Figures and illustrations to help students visualize key concepts. 

  • Extensive references to case law, compiled in the Index of Cases. 

  • Full teaching package, including a test bank, PowerPoint presentation, and instructor’s guide. 

Chapter 1: Introduction to Canadian Criminal Law
Chapter 2: The Actus Reus Elements of a Criminal Offence
Chapter 3: Causation in the Criminal Law
Chapter 4: The Mental Element in the Criminal Law: Subjective Liability
Chapter 5: The Mental Element in the Criminal Law: Objective Liability
Chapter 6: The Special Case of Regulatory Offences
Chapter 7: Modes of Participation in Crime and Inchoate Offences
Chapter 8: Mental Impairment and Criminal Responsibility
Chapter 9: Mistake of Fact, Consent, and Mistake of Law as Defences to a Criminal Charge
Chapter 10: Provocation and Intoxication: Partial Defences to a Criminal Charge
Chapter 11: Necessity and Duress
Chapter 12: Self-Defence and Defence of Property

Appendix: A Brief Note on the Canadian Criminal Court System

  •  Instructor's Guide

  •  PowerPoint Presentations

  •  Test Bank

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Chapter 1 Introduction to Canadian Criminal Law


“Having used this textbook for a number of years to teach my undergraduate course, I appreciate the updates in this new edition. The new Criminal Law in Practice pieces are a great addition, providing interesting, applied examples of the law and discussion questions that I look forward to asking my students.”

—Helene Love, Simon Fraser University



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