Criminal law in Canada
Subtitle: cases, questions & the code
By: Simon N. Verdun-Jones
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Nelson Education
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780176501723
Subjects: Criminal law; Textbooks; Cases; Droit pénal; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur; Jurisprudence
Description: "Criminal Law in Canada is a case-oriented approach, in which the student is encouraged to study not only the general principles of criminal law but also the specific details of decided cases. Using this method, students learn to apply these principles of criminal law to concrete factual situations that arise in everyday life or to situations that they may encounter in their professional lives. Contemporary changes in the Canadian Criminal Code are thoroughly examined and compared with precedent-setting cases, thereby creating a context for understanding and interpreting criminal law in Canada."--Pub. desc.
Notes: Includes access code to Infotrac, college edition, the online library.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1: Introduction to Canadian Criminal Law; title: Chapter 2: The Actus Reus Elements of a Criminal Offence; title: Chapter 3: Causation in the Criminal Law; title: Chapter 4: The Mental Element in the Criminal Law: Subjective Liability; title: Chapter 5: The Mental Element in the Criminal Law: Objective Liability; title: Chapter 6: The Special Case of Regulatory Offences: Strict and Absolute Liability in Canada; title: Chapter 7: Modes of Participation in Crime and Inchoate Offences; title: Chapter 8: Mental Impairment and Criminal Responsibility: The Defences of "Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder" (NCRMD) and Automatism; title: Chapter 9: Mistake of Fact, Consent, and Mistake of Law as Defences to a Criminal Charge; title: Chapter 10: Provocation and Intoxication: Partial Defences to a Criminal Charge; title: Chapter 11: Necessity and Duress: Two Excuses Recognized by the Courts as Defences to a Criminal Charge; title: Chapter 12: Self-Defence and Defence of Property.