TopicalResearchGuide:CriminalLaw

ThisguideispreparedtohelpreadersdolegalresearchonCanadiancriminallaw. NotethatinCanada criminal lawisgovernedbyfederallaw,mostoftenthe CriminalCode,R.S.C.1985,c.C46,unlikethesituationin theUnitedStateswherecriminallawisoftenamatterofstate, notfederal law. Thefocusofthisguideis Canadian,althoughsomeforeigncountriesaswellasinternationalsourcesarementionedattheend.

Canada PrimarySources 1. StatutesandRegulations 2.Caselaw SecondarySources 1. Books 2. Articles&OtherDocuments InternetResources UnitedStates OtherCountries: International: Canada PrimarySources
1. StatutesandRegulations

Themajorcriminalstatutesare: CriminalCode,R.S.C.1985,c.C46 YouthCriminalJusticeAct,S.C.2002,c.1 To browseamorecompletelistofstatutesandregulationsoncriminallaw: a. Use CanadianEncyclopedicDigest (CED)(Toronto:Carswell,1973)CallnumberDIGA242:Title 39,CriminalProcedureTitle39.1,CriminalLawOffencesTitle39.2,CriminalLawDefences.The CEDisalsoelectronicallyavailablethroughWestlaweCarswell.Undereachtitle,theCEDhas includedtablesofstatutesandregulations. b. Use MartinsRelatedCriminalStatutes (Toronto:CanadaLawBook,2006),callnumber:KF9219 C3M32(onreserve) OtherInternetresourcessuchas CanLII, JusticeCanadaWebsite canalsobeusedtosearchfederalstatutesand regulations,anduse ElawsforOntarioprovincialstatutesandregulations 2.Caselaw Some reportersof Canadiancriminal casesare: Criminalreports.Toronto:Carswell,1946 REPCAND32C868 CanadianCriminalCases.Toronto:CanadaLawBook,1898 MotorVehicleReports.Toronto:Carswell,1979 REPCAND32C16

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WeeklyCriminalBulletin.Toronto:CanadaLawBook,1976 DIGC68Summariesofcaselawonly. CanadianSentencingDigest .Toronto:Carswell,1985 KF9685A6N23Summariesonly. andregionalreporterssuchasthe SupremeCourtReports, DominionLawReports, OntarioReports alsocontain criminalcases Annotated versionsofthe Criminalcodealsoprovidecasecitationstolocaterelevantcasescitingaparticularpart ofthecode.Hereareafewgoodexamples: MartinsAnnualCriminalCode. Toronto:CanadaLawBook,[1955] Publishedannuallysince1955.Also availableontheinternetfromCanadaLawBookasMartinsArchivalCriminalCode. KF9219C3M3 SnowsAnnotatedCriminalCode. Toronto:Carswell,1980 KF9219C3S6 1980 The...annotatedTremeear'scriminalcode Toronto:Carswell,c1989 Publishedannually.KF9219C3T7 1964CODE Crankshaw'scriminalcodeofCanada. Toronto:Carswell,1993 7v.(looseleaf)Thismultivolumelooseleaf serviceisupdated.Goodwhendoinghistoricalresearchonthecode.AvailableonlineoneCarswell. Online DatabasesofCriminallaw QLCRMQ Thisglobaldatabaseincludescaselaw,legislationandsomecommentary. eCarswellCriminalLawSource Includescaselaw,legislationandcommentary.IncludesCarswellpublications suchasCriminalreports,MotorVehicleReports,Tremeears,CrankshawsandCanadianSentencingDigest CriminalSpectrumAdatabasebyCanadaLawBookwhichincludescaselaw,legislationandcommentary. IncludesCanadaLawBookpublicationssuchasCanadianCriminalCases,MartinsCriminalCode, theCriminal th LawQuarterly,CanadianCriminalProcedure,6 by R.E.Salhaney andMcWilliamsCanadianCriminalEvidence, th 4 ed.

SecondarySources
1. Books SomeleadingCanadiantextbooksoncriminallawareasfollows:
th Delisle,RonandDonStuart.LearningCanadianCriminalProcedure. 8 ed. Toronto:Carswell, 2005. KF 9619D3952005

Gibson,JohnL.andHenryWaldcock.CriminalLaw: Evidence,Practice andProcedure.Toronto:Carswell, 1988[looseleaf] KF9215G5221988 Mewett,AlanandMorrisManning. CriminalLaw.3ded.Toronto:Butterworth, 1994. KF9219M481994 Roach,Kent. CriminalLaw. 3ded.Toronto :IrwinLaw,2004. KF9220ZA2R632004 Roach,Kentetal. CriminalLawandProcedure:CasesandMaterials.9thed.Toronto:EmondMontgomery, 2004. KF9218F72004
th Stuart,Don. CanadianCriminalLaw:ATreatise.4 ed. Toronto:Carswell, 2001.KF9220ZA2S842001

th Stuart,DonandRonDelisle.LearningCanadianCriminalLaw. 9 ed. Toronto:Carswell, 2004. KF9219A2 L422004

CanadianEncyclopedicDigest has3CriminallawtitlesincludingCriminalLaw Defences,Criminallaw OffencesandCriminalProcedure. Tosearchotherbooksoncriminallaw: a. SearchYorkLibraryCatalogue use "Criminallaw Canada"and"Criminalprocedure Canada." b. SearchWorldcat:Usesimilarkeywordsineithersubjectortitlefieldtoretrieveawiderrangeofbooks. BooksfoundthroughWorldCatmaynotbeavailableatYorklibraries.Theymaybeobtainedthrough InterlibraryLoansservice. 2. Articles&OtherDocuments

SomeleadingCanadiancriminallawjournalsareasfollows: Canadiancriminallawreview.Toronto:Carswell,1996 PERC16987 Canadianjournalofcriminologyandcriminaljustice.Ottawa:CanadianCriminalJusticeAssociation,1978 Before2003knownas Canadianjournalofcriminology. PERC1733 PERC1734 Criminallawquarterly. Agincourt,Ont.:CanadaLawBook,1958 PERC88 Gold,AlanD. Annualreviewofcriminallaw. Toronto :Carswell,1982 PERAN786 ArticleIndexes: ThemainindexforfindingarticlesonCanadiancriminallawis the IndexToCanadianLegalLiterature. Thisis availableoneCarswell,aswellastheICLLdatabaseinQuicklaw.Alloftheabovementionedjournalsareindexed here. Tofindpaperswhichhavebeengivenatcontinuinglegaleducationseminars,theQLdatabase CLSI ishelpful. Legaltrac alsoindexessomeCanadianjournalsandwouldpickuparticlesaboutCanadainUSjournals.

InternetResources
DuhaimesCriminalLawCentre:anexcellentsiteforCanadiancriminallaw.PartIcontainscriminallawarticles partIIdealswithFederalcriminallaw(includingtheCriminalCode)andPartIIIprovidesprovincial legislationandotherresources. CriminalJusticeLinksannotated Canada:theWorldCriminalJusticeLibraryNetworksmissionistodevelop specificwaysofsharingservicesandcriminaljusticeinformationonaglobalscale.Thiswebsitelists specificallyCanadiancriminaljusticelinks.

UnitedStates
JuristCriminalLawPage:linkstocriminalresourcescoveringmainlyUSmaterials. WexatCornell:a goodoverviewofUScriminallaw atWex,acollaborativelycreated,publicaccesslaw dictionaryandencyclopediasponsoredandhostedbytheLegalInformationInstituteattheCornellLaw School.

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OtherCountries:
BuffaloCriminalLawCenterCriminalLawResourcesontheInternet:linkstopenalcodesaroundtheworld, includingallthestatesoftheUS. TheWorldFactbookofCriminalJusticeSystems:providedbyU.S.DepartmentofJustice.Thissourceincludes countryreportsoncriminalsystemsworldwide.EachreportwassubmittedtotheDepartmentofJusticeby expertsonthesubject. WorldliisCriminallawbycounty:WorldLII>>Categories>>Subjects>>CriminalLaw>>ByCountry

International:
LLRX:InternationalCriminalLaw:aselectiveresourcesguide,byMarylinJ.RaischandGailPartin: Providesaguidetobasicresearchmaterials,inbothprintandelectronicformats,andalsoincludesasection specificallyoncrimesagainsthumanityandhumanrightsissues. DukeLawInternationalCriminalLawGuide:excellentguidetotointernationalcriminallawbythelibraryatDuke University. The AmericanSocietyof InternationalLaw(ASIL) GuidetoElectronicResourcesforInternationalLaw: Providesinformationonthemajorelectronicsourcesforresearchinginternationalandtransnationalcrime, withlinkstotribunals,organizations,andagencies.ChapterVI(A)isdevotedtowarcrimesandhuman rightsviolations.

Createdby DianeRookeonAugust8,2006 Lastupdatedby SharonWangonMay1,2007 OsgoodeHallLawSchoolLibrary