Criminal law in Canada
Subtitle: cases, questions, and the code
By: Simon N. Verdun-Jones, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University
Edition: Sixth edition.
Publisher: Nelson Education
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Toronto, Ontario
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9780176529529
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Criminal law; Textbooks; Cases; Droit pénal; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur; Jurisprudence; Canada; Criminal Code (Canada)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to Canadian criminal law; title: The Actus Reus elements of a criminal offence; title: Causation in the criminal law; title: The mental element in criminal law: subjective liability ; Objective liability; title: The special case of regulatory offences: strict and absolute liability in Canada; title: Modes of participation in crime and inchoate offences; title: Mental impairment and criminal responsibility: the defences of "not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder" (NCRMD) and automatism; title: Mistake of fact, consent, and mistake of law as defences to a criminal charge; title: Provocation and intoxication: partial defences to a criminal charge; title: Necessity and duress: two excuses recognized by the courts as defenses to a criminal charge; title: Self-defence and defence of property; title: A brief note on the Canadian criminal court system.