Criminal Law and Procedure: Cases and Materials is a longstanding bestseller that introduces Canadian law students to the entire criminal law process, from constitutional context and legislative decision-making through to police investigations, the determination of liability, and, ultimately, punishment. This casebook examines the operation of the criminal justice system within a broader societal and historical context. Weaving commentary, case law, and legislation together, this title will help students understand criminal law as the study of a complex social, legal, and institutional system.
This twelfth edition has been significantly revised to include updated legislation, extracts from new leading cases, and additional secondary and contextual readings that foreground the voices and experiences of those affected by the criminal legal system.
With thoroughly revised chapters on the foundations of criminal law, police powers, sexual assault, and punishment, students will learn about the evolution and interpretation of the Criminal Code; the impact of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms on criminal law and processes; gender-based and feminist analysis of criminal law; racism and the criminal process; and the role of treaties, Aboriginal rights, and Indigenous law in criminal (in)justice.
Criminal Law and Procedure: Cases and Materials, 12th Edition is an ideal resource for first- and second-year law school courses.
Part I: Introduction to Criminal Law and Procedure
1. Sources of Criminal Law
2. Limits on Criminal Law
3. Police Powers
4. The Trial Process
Part II: Principles of Criminal Liability
5. Conduct or Actus Reus
6. Absolute and Strict Liability
7. Fault or Mens Rea
8. Ignorance of the Law
Part III: Extensions of Criminal Liability
9. Participation
10. Inchoate Offences
11. Corporate Liability
Part IV: The Special Part: Sexual Assault and Homicide
12. Sexual Assault
13. Homicide
Part V: Principles of Exculpation
14. Provocation
15. Mental Disorder and Automatism
16. Intoxication
17. Self-Defence
18. Duress
19. Necessity
Part VI: Disposition
20. Sentencing
Instructor Resources
PowerPoint Presentations
Fact Patterns
PowerPoint Slides present high-level concepts and are organized by chapter.
Fact Patterns are a collection of fictional scenarios that challenge students to consider various outcomes based on their understanding of legal principles.
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Supplement: 2020-2021