Canadian Criminal Law in Ten Cases

Auteur

Martin L. Friedland is a university professor of law emeritus at the University of Toronto.

Texte du rabat

Drawing on ten significant criminal cases, this book sheds light on the development of the Canadian criminal justice system.

Contenu

Preface

Introduction

1. Laliberté v. The Queen: The First Criminal Case Decided by the Supreme Court of Canada
2. Louis Riel and His Appeal to the Privy Council
3. Union Colliery and Corporate Criminal Liability
4. Manchuk and Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
5. The Beaver Case and the Requirement of a Guilty Mind
6. Steven Truscott and the Frailty of the Criminal Process
7. Klippert and Morgentaler: Morality and the Criminal Law
8. Hunter v. Southam and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
9. R. v. Askov: Delay and Other Procedural Issues under the Charter
10. R. v. Gladue: Criminal Justice and Indigenous Persons

Summing Up

Notes
Index