Learning Canadian Criminal Law

This comprehensive text provides vital background information and a coherent structure for understanding the law. Features include a concentration on the main sources (including the Criminal Code), key judicial decisions and critical review, judicious editing of the increasingly lenghty reasons for judgment in major cases, an extended introductory and prblems based on actual decisions or designed to provoke thought on current social issues. The 8th edition has been revised and updated to include new cases such as Ewanchuk on the issue of consent; Murray, respecting a defence lawyer's conduct; and Latimer on mercy killing to name a few.