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Table of Contents
1. Codification 1892
   a) History
   b) Sources
2. Codification 1955
   a) Royal Commission
   b) Bills
   c) Articles on the 1955 Codification
3. Codification - since 1955
   a) Publications of the Law Reform Commission of Canada  --- Now at my Digital Library on Canadian Criminal Law
   b) Government Publications
   c) Articles on Recodifying Criminal Law
   d) Articles on Codification - General
   e) Criminal Justice Policy
4. Current Textbooks on General Part Matters
5. Criminal Justice History

see also:  - the Canadian General Part at  http://www.lareau-law.ca/droitpenal_.htm
               - Digital Library on Canadian Criminal Law
               - "Chronology -- Towards a Modern General Part of a New Canadian Criminal Code?

1. Codification 1892

a) History

BROWN, Desmond Haldane, 1930-, ed.,  The Birth of a Criminal Code: The Evolution of Canada's Justice System, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995, xxxvii, 505 p., ISBN:  0802034721, Table of Contents: 1. Ottawa and the Department of Justice in 1892: pp. 3-23.  2. The Historical Background of Canada's Criminal Code pp. 23-43.  3. Documents: 1. Personnel of the Department of Justice pp. 43-51; 2. Inception, Drafting and Printing of the Code pp. 52-67; 3. Correspondence pp. 68-252; 4. Debates of the House of Commons: pp. 256-272; 5. Debates of the Senate: 404-463;
 

___________ The Canadian Criminal Code 1892: A Comparative Study in Codification, Ph.D. thesis, University of Alberta, 1986, x, 400 p.;
 

___________ The Genesis of the Canadian Criminal Code of 1892, Toronto: University of Toronto Press for the Osgoode Society, 1989, x,  253 p., ISBN: 0802058337, 253 p.
 

___________Statute law revision, consolidation and codification : definitions and differences : the historical context of the Canadian criminal  code of 1892, [Edmonton? : University of Alberta?, 1981?],  30, [7] leaves; not consulted; information from the University of Alberta on-line catalogue;

HUGHES, Jula, "Codication as Judicial Empowerment -- The Stephen Code", draft paper; available at http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/ames_foundation/BLHC07/Hughes%20Codification%20As%20Judicial%20Empowerment%20BLHC%20Paper.pdf (accessed on 26 January 2008);
 

MAcLEOD, R.C., "The Shaping of Canadian Criminal Law", Historical Papers, A Selection from the papers Presented at the Annual Meeting Held at London 1978, pp. 64-75;
 

PARKER, Graham, "The Origins of the Criminal Code" in David H. Flaherty, ed., Essays in the History of Canadian Law, vol. 1, Toronto: Toronto University Press (for the Osgoode Hall Society), 1981, xvi, 428 p., at pp. 249-280, ISBN: 0802033822;

WRIGHT,  Barry,  "Codifications of English Criminal Law, Imperial Projects, and the Self-Governing Codes: The Queensland and Canadian Examples", circa 2006, available at  http://www.law.uq.edu.au/research/seminar-series/2006/seminar_outline_bwright.pdf (accessed on 3 July 2006);

b) Sources

BURBIDGE, George Wheelock, A Digest of the Criminal Law of Canada (Crimes and Punishments) Founded By Permission on Sir James Fitzjames Stephen's Digest of the Criminal Law, Toronto: Carswell, 1890, lxiii, 588 p.; reprint by Toronto: Carwell, 1980, ISBN: 045932980 (series; The Carswell Legal Research Seies);  --- Now at my Digital Library on Canadian Criminal Law

Canadian Statutory Law;

GREAT BRITAIN, House of Commons, Criminal Code Bill Commission, Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Consider the Law Relating to Indictable Offences: With an Appendix Containing a Draft Code Embodying the Suggestions of the Commissioners, C. [Command] 2345 dans Sessional Papers (1878-79), vol. 20, pp. 169- 378 (Président : C.B. Blackburn); in the Command 2345 which is the separate publication, the supplementary information is London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1879, 209 p.; also published in Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Royal Commission Select Committee and Other Reports on the Criminal Law with Proceedings Minutes of Evidence Appendix and Index 1847-79, vol. 6, Legal Administration Criminal Law, Dublin: Shannon University Press, 1971, pp. 369-579. --- Now at my Digital Library on Canadian Criminal Law (part)
 

STEPHEN, James Fitzjames Stephen, A Digest of the Criminal Law (Crimes and Punishments), 4th edition, London: MacMillan, 1887, xl, 441 p.; --- Now at my Digital Library on Canadian Criminal Law
 

2.  Codfication 1955

a) Royal Commission

CANADA, Report of Royal Commission on the Revision of Criminal Code, Ottawa: Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, 1954, 45 p.; also published in CANADA,  Senate, The Senate of Canada, Official Report of Debates 1952, Ottawa: Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, see the debates for 14 May 1952, at  pp. 226-268; Research Notes:  the report also includes a Draft Bill, An Act respecting the Criminal Law, 294 p.;  the report was submitted to the Minister on 22 February 1952 and tabled in the House of Commons on 7 April 1952;  information on the French version / renseignements sur la version française: Rapport de la Commission royale pour la révision du Code criminel, Ottawa: Imprimeur de la Reine et contrôleur de la papeterie, 1954, 47 p.; aussi publié en français dans CANADA, Sénat, Le Sénat du Canada, Compte rendu officiel des débats 1952, Ottawa: Imprimeur de la Reine et contrôleur de la papeterie, voir les débats pour le 14 mai 1952 aux pp. 241-283; notes de recherche:le rapport comprend aussi un avant-projet de loi "Loi concernant le droit criminel"; le rapport fut soumis au ministre de la justice le 22 février 1952 et déposé à la Chambre des Communes, le 7 avril 1952; --- Now at my Digital Library on Canadian Criminal Law
 

b) Bills

         Bill H-8 - "An Act respecting the Criminal Law"

CANADA, The Senate of Canada,  Bill H-8, "An Act respecting the Criminal Law", first reading in the Senate, 12 May 1952 (6th session, 21st Parliament, 1 Elizabeth II, 1952); second reading on 15 May 1952 (referred to the Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce); Bill H-8 died on the order paper;

CANADA, The Senate of Canada, Proceedings of the Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce To whom was referred Bill (H- 8), intituled: An Act respecting the Criminal Law, Wednesday, June 11, 1952, Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1952, 55 p. (Chairman: The Honourable Salter A. Hayden);

CANADA, Senate, The Senate of Canada, Official Report of Debates, Ottawa: Queen's Printer and Controller of Stanionery (also published in French/aussi publié en français: Le Sénat du Canada, Compte rendu officiel des débats);  for debates on Bill H-8, see:
    - 12 May 1952, p. 198;
    - 13 May 1952, pp. 207-216;
    - 14 May 1952, pp. 217-219;
    - 15 May 1952, pp. 269-275;
    - 21 May 1952, p. 289; and
    - 20 June 1952, p. 479.
 

        Bill O - "An Act respecting the Criminal Law"

CANADA, The Senate of Canada,  Bill O, "An Act respecting the Criminal Law", first reading Senate, 24 November 1952 (7th session, 21st parliament, 1 Elizabeth II, 1952); second reading, 25 November 1952 (and referred to Standing Committe on Banking and Commerce); 3rd reading 17 December 1952;

CANADA, Senate,  The Senate of Canada, Official Report of Debates, Otawa, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery (also published in French/aussi publié en français: Le Sénat du Canada, Compte rendu officiel des débats); for debates on Bill O, see:
    - 24 November 1954, pp. 6-7;
    - 25 November 1954, pp. 21-23;
    - 16 December 1952, pp. 146-157; and
    - 17 December 1952, pp. 161-168.

CANADA, The Senate of Canada, Proceedings of the Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce To whom was referred the Bill (O), intituled: An Act respecting the Criminal Law, Monday, December 15, 1952, Tuesday, December 16, 1952, Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1952, 110 p. (Chairman: The Honourable Salter A. Hayden);
 

        Bill 93 - "An Act respecting the Criminal Law"

CANADA, House of Commons,  Bill 93, "An Act respecting the Criminal Law"; first reading on 23 January 1953 (th Session, 21 Parliament, 1 Elizabeth II), second reading on 23 January 1953 (and referred to a Special Committee so appointed by the House of Commons); Bill 93 died on the order paper; Research Note: Bill 93, first reading, is the Senate's Bill O as passed on 17 December 1952;

CANADA, House of Commons, House of Commons Debates, Official Report, Ottawa: Queen's Printer and Controller (also published in French/aussi publié en français: Compte rendu officiel des Débats de la Chambre des communes); for debates on Bill 93, see:
    - 13 January 1953, p. 931;
    - 23 January 1953, pp. 1272-1278; and 1287-1303;
    -  2 February 1953, p. 1518;
    -  5 February 1953, p. 1636; and
    -  1 May 1953, p. 4641.

CANADA, House of Commons, Special Committe on Bill No. 93 (Letter O of the Senate) "An Act respecting the Criminal Law" and all matters pertaining thereto, Minutes of Proceedings and  Evidence, No. 1 to 7,  (from 5 February 1953 to 1 May 1953), Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1953, 297 p. (Chairman: Don F. Brown);
 

        Bill 7  - "An Act respecting the Criminal Law"

CANADA, House of Commons,  Bill 7, "An Act respecting the Criminal Law"; first reading in the House of Commons, 16 November 1953 (1st Session, 22nd Parliament, 2 Elizabeth II, 1953), second reading on 15 December 1953 (the Bill then examined in committee of the whole); third reading 8 April 1954; first reading  in the Senate,  4 May 1954; second reading in the Senate, 11 May 1954 (referred to the Standing Committe of Banking and Commerce); third reading in the Senate, 10 June 1954; and the House of Commons subsequently approved the amendments made by the Senate, see Hansard, 15 June 1954, infra; Bill 7 came into force on 1 April 1955;  Bill 7 was in fact Bill 93, supra, which had died on the order paper;
 

CANADA, House of Commons,  House of Commons Debates, Official Report, Ottawa: Queen's Printer and Controller (also published in French/aussi publié en français: Compte rendu officiel des Débats de la Chambre des communes);  for debates on Bill 7 in committee of the whole, see:
    - 16 November 1953, p. 32;
    - 15 December 1953, pp. 909-910, 939-957;
    - 19 January 1954, pp. 1247-1277;
    - 12 February 1954, pp. 2028-2071;
    - 19 February 1954, pp. 2265-2289;
    - 24 February 1954, pp. 2401-2421;
    - 25 February 1954, pp. 2446-2471;
    - 26 February 1954, pp. 2475-2495, 2500-2517;
    - 9 March 1954, pp. 2826-2840;
    - 10 March 1954, pp. 2850-2874;
    - 11 March 1954, pp. 2885-2916;
    - 15 March 1954, pp. 2886-3025;
    -  1 April 1954, pp. 3558-3596;
    -  2 April 1954, pp. 3602-3618;
    -  5 April 1954, pp. 3651-3693;
    -  6 April 1954, pp. 3698-3715;
    -  7 April 1954, pp. 3855-3880;
    -  8 April 1954, pp. 3886-3927;
    - 15 June 1954, pp. 5973-5982;
 

CANADA, Senate. The Senate of Canada, Official Report of Debates, Otawa, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery (also published in French/aussi publié en français: Le Sénat du Canada, Compte rendu officiel des débats); for debates on Bill 7, see:
    - 4 May 1954, p. 437;
    - 5 May 1954, pp. 439-448;
    - 11 May 1954, pp. 454-464;
    - 19 May 1954, p. 487;
    - 10 June 1954, pp. 584-587 and pp. 604-605;
 

CANADA, The Senate of Canada, Proceedings of the Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce To Whom was referred Bill (7), intituled: An Act respecting the Criminal Law, Tuesday, May 18, 1954 Wednesday, May 19, 1954 Tuesday, May 25, 1954, Wednesday, May 26, 1954, Thursday, June 3, 1954, Wednesday, June 9, 1954, Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1954, 184 p. (Chairman: The Honourable Salter A. Hayden);
 

c) Articles on the 1955 Codification

BATTEN, J.H., "Common Law, Its Elimination from the Code", (1957) 15 Faculty of Law Review, Unievsrity of Toronto 7-12;
 

"Revision of the Criminal Code", (1949), 27 Canadian Bar Review 707-708;
 

Criminal Code of Canada With Annotations and Notes by J.C. Martin, Toronto: Cartwright, 1955, lxxxiii, 1206 p.;
 

MACKAY, R.S., "Some Reflections on the New Canadian Criminal Code", (1957-58) 12 University of Toronto Law Journal 206-226;
 

MaCLEOD, Allen Joseph and Martin, J.C., "Offences and Punishments  Under the New Criminal Code", (1955) 33 Canadian Bar Review 20-40;
 

MaCLEOD, A.J. and Martin, J.C., "Procedure Under the New Criminal  Code", (1955) 33 Canadian Bar Review 41-62;
 

MaCLEOD, A.J. and Martin, J.C., "The Revision of the Criminal Code", (1955) 33 Canadian Bar Review 3-19;
 

MacLEOD, A.J., "Criminal Legislation"`in W.T. McGrath, ed., Crime and Its Treatment in Canada, Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1965, pp. 91-108; Research Note: the article contains some interesting explanations on the review of the 1955 Criminal Code;
 

MARTIN, J.C., "What's New in the Criminal Code", (1955) 5 Chitty's Law Journal 66-69;
 

MARTIN, G. Arthur and Patrick Hartt, "A Canadian Letter, Criminal Law Review", [1956] Criminal Law Review 687-688;
 

MARTIN, G. Arthur and Joseph W. Irving, G. Arthur Martin: Essays on Aspects of Criminal Law, Carswell, 1996, ISBN:0459554417, chapter 1:"Reflections on a Half Century of Criminal Practice";
 

McGRATH, W.T., "The New Criminal Code", (1953) 60 Queen's Quaterly 236-242;
 

MEWETT, Alan W., "Criminal Law 1948-1958", (1958) 36 Canadian Bar Review 445-464;
 

PEPLER, Eric, "The New Criminal Code (and other Matter Relating  to Magistrates)", (1955) 13 The Advocate 9-12 and 71, 73 and 75;
 

SEDGWICK, Joseph, "The New Criminal Code: Comments and Criticisms", (1955) 33 Canadian Bar Review 63-73;
 

__________"Further Comments on the Criminal Code", (1961)  4 Canadian Bar Journal 442-447;
 

TUPPER, C.T., "Recent Changes in the Criminal Code, Including Their Effect on Provincial Prosecutions and Appeals from Summary Convictions", (1956) 28 Manitoba Bar News 14-18;
 
 

3. Codification - since 1955

a) Publications of the Law Reform Commission of Canada  --- 

           Working Papers   --- Now at my Digital Library on Canadian Criminal Law

The Meaning of Guilt: Strict Liability, Ottawa: Information Canada, 1974, viii, 38 p., (Series; Working Paper; 2); also published in French / aussi publié en français: La notion de blâme - La responsabilité stricte;
 

The Principles of Sentencing and Dispositions, Ottawa: Information Canada, 1974, x, 35 p.(Series; Working Paper; 3); also published in French / aussi publié en français: Les principes de la détermination de la peine et du prononcé de la sentence;
 

Discovery, Ottawa: Information Canada, 1974, vii, 44 p., (Series; Working Paper; 4); also published in French / aussi publié en français: La communication de la preuve;
 

Restitution and Compensation - Fines, Ottawa: Information Canada, 1974, viii, 48 p., (Series; Working Paper; 5 & 6), note: two working papers in the same book; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Le dédommagement et l'indemnisation - L'amende;
 

Diversion, Ottawa: Information Canada, 1975, vii, 25 p. (Series; Working Paper; 7); also published in French / aussi publié en français : La déjudiciarisation;
 

Limits of Criminal Law: Obscenity: A Test Case, Ottawa: Information Canada, 1975,  vii, 45 p. (Series; Working Paper; 10); also published in French / aussi publié en français : Les confins du droit pénal: leur détermination à partir de l'obscénité;
 

Imprisonment and Release, Ottawa: Information Canada, 1975, vii, 31 p. (Series; Working Paper; 11); also published in French / aussi publié en français : Emprisonnement - libération;
 

The criminal process and mental disorder, Ottawa: Information Canada, 1975, ix, 61 p. (Series; Working Paper; 14); also published in French / aussi publié en français : Processus pénal et désordre mental;
 

Criminal Procedure: Control of the Process, Ottawa: Information Canada, 1976, vii, 60 p. (Series; Working Paper; 15); also published in French / aussi publié en français : Procédure pénale: les poursuites pénales: responsabilité politique ou judiciaire;
 

Criminal Responsiibility for Group Action, Ottawa: Information Canada, 1976, x, 68 p. (Series; Working Paper; 16); also published in French / aussi publié en français : Responsabilité pénale et conduite collective;
 

Theft and Fraud, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1977, [xii], 123 p. (Series; Working Paper; 19); also published in French / aussi publié en français : Le vol et la fraude;
 

Contempt of Court, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1977, viii, 69 p. (Series; Working Paper; 20), ISBN: 0662008960; also published in French / aussi publié en français : L'outrage au tribunal;
 

Sexual Offences, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1978, xii, 66 p. (Series; Working Paper; 22), ISBN: 0662019962; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Infractions sexuelles;
 

Criteria for the Determination of Death, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1979, viii, 77 p. (Series; Working Paper; 23), ISBN: 0662502507; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Les critères de détermination de la mort;
 

Sterilization, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1980, [ix], 157 p. (Series; Working Paper; 24), ISBN: 0662504763; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Stérilisation;
 

Medical Treatment and Criminal Law, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1980, [viii], 136 p. (Series; Working Paper; 26), ISBN: 0662506707; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Le traitement médical et le droit criminel;
 

The Jury in Criminal Trials, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1980, [xii], 164 p. (Series; Working Paper; 27), ISBN: 0662504909; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Le jury en droit pénal;
 

Euthanasia, Aiding Suicide and Cessation of Treatment, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1982, [x], 79 p. (Series; Working Paper; 28), ISBN: 0662518675; also published in French / aussi publié en français : L'euthanasie, aide au suicide et interruption de traitement;
 

The General Part - Liability and Defences, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1982, [xi], 204 p. (Series; Working Paper; 29), ISBN: 0662514297; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Partie générale - responsabilité et moyens de défense;
 

Police Powers - Search and Seizure in Criminal Law Enforcement, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1983, [xv], 356 p. (Series; Working Paper; 30), ISBN: 066252277X; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Les pouvoirs de la police: les fouilles, les perquisitions et les saisies en droit pénal;
 

Damage to Property - Vandalism, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1984, [x], 65 p. (Series; Working Paper; 31), ISBN: 0662528956; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Les dommages aux biens - le vandalisme;
 

Questioning Suspects, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1984, [xi], 104 p. (Series; Working Paper; 32), ISBN: 0662529162; also published in French / aussi publié en français : L'interrogatoire des suspects;
 

Homicide, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1984, [xi], 117 p. (Series; Working Paper; 33), ISBN: 0662529871; also published in French / aussi publié en français : L'homicide;
 

Investigative Tests, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1984, [xi], 166 p. (Series; Working Paper; 34), ISBN: 066253039X; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Les méthodes d'investigation scientifiques;
 

Defamatory Libel, Ottawa: Ministry of Supply and Services Canada, 1984, [x], 99 p. (Series; Working Paper; 35), ISBN: 0662531337; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Le libelle diffamatoire;
 

Damage to Property: Arson, Ottawa: Ministry of Supply and Services Canada, 1984, [ix], 44 p. (Series; Working Paper; 36), ISBN: 0662532457; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Les dommages aux biens.  Le crime d'incendie;
 

Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, Ottawa: Ministry of Supply and Services Canada,1984, [xv], 210 p. (Series; Working Paper; 37), ISBN: 0662136039; also published in French as a separate volume / aussi publié en français dans un autre livre : Le juridiction extra-territitoriale, Ottawa: Centre des Approvisionnements et Services Canada, 1984, xv, 222 p., (Collection; Document de travail; vol. 37), ISBN: 0662928776;
 

Assault, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1984, [x], 59 p. (Series; Working Paper; 38), ISBN: 0662534174; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Les voies de fait;
 

Post-Seizure Procedures, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1985, [xiii], 77 p. (Series; Working Paper; 39), ISBN: 0662534603; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Les procédures postérieures à la saisie;
 

Arrest, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1985, [xv], 143 p. (Series; Working Paper; 41), ISBN: 0662538013; also published in French / aussi publié en français : L'arrestation;
 

Bigamy, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1985, [xiii], 32 p. (Series; Working Paper; 42), ISBN: 0662538560; also published in French / aussi publié en français : La bigamie;
 

Behaviour Alteration and the Criminal Law, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1985, [xii], 48 p. (Series; Working Paper; 43), ISBN: 0662538579; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Les techniques de modification du comportement et le droit pénal;
 

Crimes Against the Environment, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1985, [xiii], 75 p. (Series; Working Paper; 44), ISBN: 0662539907; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Les crimes contre l'environnement;
 

Secondary Liability, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1985, [xiii], 53 p. (Series; Working Paper; 45), ISBN: 0662537491; also published in French / aussi publié en français : La responsabilité secondaire;
 

Omissions, Negligence and Endangering, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1985, [x], 42 p. (Series; Working Paper; 46), ISBN: 0662504824; also published in French / aussi publié en français : L'omission, la négligence et la mise en danger;
 

Electronic Surveillance, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1986, [xi], 109 p. (Series; Working Paper; 47), ISBN: 06625388862; also published in French / aussi publié en français : La surveillance électronique;
 

Criminal Intrusion, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada,1986, [xi], 25 p. (Series; Working Paper; 48), ISBN: 0662542061; also published in French / aussi publié en français : L'intrusion criminelle;
 

Crimes against the State, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1986, [xii], 72 p. (Series; Working Paper; 49), ISBN: 066254241X; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Les crimes contre l'État;
 

Hate Propaganda, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1986, [xi], 57 p. (Series; Working Paper; 50), ISBN: 0662544218; also published in French / aussi publié en français : La propagande haineuse;
 

Private Prosecutions, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1986, [xi], 51 p. (Series; Working Paper; 52), ISBN: 0662544595; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Les poursuites privées;
 

Workplace Pollution, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1986, [xii], 94 p. (Series; Working Paper; 53), ISBN: 0662545702; also published in French / aussi publié en français : La pollution en milieu de travail;
 

Classification of Offences, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1986, [xi], 92 p. (Series; Working Paper; 54), ISBN: 0662545699; also published in French / aussi publié en français : La classification des infractions;
 

The Charge Document in Criminal Cases, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1987, [xi], 57 p. (Series; Working Paper; 55), ISBN: 0662549635; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Le document d'inculpation;
 

Public and Media Access to the Criminal Process, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1987, [xii], 106 p. (Series; Working Paper; 56), ISBN: 0662551168; also published in French / aussi publié en français : L'accès du public et des médias au processus pénal;
 

Compelling Appearance, Interim Release and Pre-Trial Detention, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1988, [xv], 138 p. (Series; Working Paper; 57), ISBN: 0662558960; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Les mesures assurant la comparution, la mise en liberté provisoire et la détention avant le procès;
 

Crimes Against the Foetus, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1989, [xii], 106 p. (Series; Working Paper; 58), ISBN: 0662564324; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Les crimes contre le foetus;
 

Toward a Unified Criminal Court, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1989, xiii, 72 p. (Series; Working Paper; 59), ISBN: 0662564995; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Pour une cour criminelle unifiée;
 

Plea Discussions and Agreements, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1989,  [xi], 97 p. (Series; Working Paper; 60), ISBN: 0662568095; also published in French / aussi publié en français : Les discussions et ententes sur le plaidoyer;
 

Biomedical Experimentation Involving Human Subjects, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1989, [xiv], 69 p. (Series; Working Paper; 61), ISBN: 0662569008; also published in French / aussi publié en français : L'expérimentation biomédicale sur l'être humain;
 

Controlling Criminal Prosecutions: the Attorney General and the Crown Prosecutor, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1990,  [xiv], 126 p. (Series; Working Paper; 62), ISBN: 066257334;  also published in French / aussi publié en français : Poursuites pénales: les pouvoirs du procureur général et des procureurs de la couronne;
 

Double Jeopardy, PLeas and Verdicts, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1991, xvii, 109  p. (Series; Working Paper; 63), ISBN: 066257964X; also published in French / aussi publié en français : L'autorité de la chose jugée, la réponse à l'accusation et le verdict;
 

Immunity from Prosecution, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1992, xiii, 77  p. (Series; Working Paper; 64), ISBN: 0662587103;  also published in French / aussi publié en français : L'immunité contre les poursuites;
 

Medically Assisted Procreation, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1992, xii, 244  p. (Series; Working Paper; 65), ISBN: 0660574039;  also published in French / aussi publié en français : La procréation médicalement assistéee;
 

Procurement and Transfer of Human Tissues and Organs, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1992, xii, 232  p. (Series; Working Paper; 66), ISBN: 0660588991;  also published in French / aussi publié en français : Prélèvement et utilisation médicale de tissus et d'organes humains;
 

Trial Within a Reasonable Time: A Working Paper Prepared for the Law Reform Commission of Canada, Ottawa: Public Works and Government Services Canada (Canada Communication Group - Publishing), 1994, x, 122  p. (Series; Working Paper; 67), ISBN: 0660591030;  also published in French / aussi publié en français : La tenue du procès dans un délai raisonnable: un document de travail préparé pour la Commission de réforme du droit du Canada;
 
 

        Reports / Rapports  --- Now at my Digital Library on Canadian Criminal Law

Evidence, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1977, x, 108 p., (Series; Report; 1), ISBN: 0662512618; also published in French / aussi publié en français: La preuve;
 

Guidelines: Dispositions and Sentences in the Criminal Process,  Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1977, x, 71 p., (Series; Report; 2), ISBN: 0662006917; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Principes directeurs: sentences et mesures non sentencielles dans le processus pénal;
 

Our Criminal Law,  Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1976, x, 42 p., (Series; Report; 3), ISBN: 0662007395; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Principes directeurs: sentences et mesures non sentencielles dans le processus pénal;
 

Mental Disorder in the Criminal Process,  Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1977, x, 53 p., (Series; Report; 3), Catalogue No. J31-18/1976; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Principes directeurs: sentences et mesures non sentencielles dans le processus pénal;
 

Criminal Procedure - Part I  Miscellaneous Amendments,  Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1978¸ [vii], 27 p., (Series; Report; 9), ISBN: 0662512758, also published in French / aussi publié en français: Procédure p/nale 1ère partie;
 

Sexual Offences,  Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1978¸ [ixi], 56 p., (Series; Report; 10), ISBN: 0662501365; also published in French / aussi publié en français: les infractions sexuelles;
 

Theft and Fraud, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1979¸ [ix], 65 p., (Series; Report; 12), ISBN: 0662502280; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Le vol et la fraude;
 

Criteria for the Determination of Death,  Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1981¸ [ix], 35 p., (Series; Report; 15), ISBN: 0662512650; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Les critères de détermination de la mort;
 

The Jury, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1982¸ [ix], 86 p., (Series; Report; 16), ISBN: 0662518667; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Le jury;
 

Contempt of Court, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1982¸ [ix],  67 p., (Series; Report; 17), ISBN: 0662512995, also published in French / aussi publié en français: L'outrage au tribunal;
 

Writs of Assistance and Telewarrants, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1983¸ [ix], 110 p., (Series; Report; 19), ISBN: 0662525159, also published in French / aussi publié en français: Le mandat de main-forte et le télémandat;
 

Euthanasia, Aiding Suicide and Cessation of Treatment, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1983¸ [ix], 35  p., (Series; Report; 20), ISBN: 0662526538, also published in French / aussi publié en français: Euthanasie, aide au suicide et interruption de traitement;
 

Alcohol, Drugs and Driving Offences, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1983¸ [ix], 33 p., (Series; Report; 21), ISBN: 0662527259, also published in French / aussi publié en français: L'alcool, la drogue et la conduite des véhicules;
 

Disclosure by the Prosecution, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1984¸ [xi], 36 p., (Series; Report; 22), ISBN: 0662530942, also published in French / aussi publié en français: La communication de la preuve par la poursuite;
 

Questioning Suspects, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1984¸ [ix], 25 p., (Series; Report; 23), ISBN: 0662533208, also published in French / aussi publié en français: L'interrogtoire des suspects;
 

Search and Seizures, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1984¸ [ix], 78 p., (Series; Report; 24), ISBN: 0662532872, also published in French / aussi publié en français: Les fouilles, les perquisitions et les saisies;
 

Obtaining Forensic Evidence, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1985¸ [xi], 45 p., (Series; Report; 25), ISBN: 0662537351, also published in French / aussi publié en français: Les techniques d'investigation policière et les droits de la personne;
 

Disposition of Seized Property, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1986¸ [xiv], 76 p., (Series; Report; 27), ISBN: 0662540816, also published in French / aussi publié en français: La façon de disposer des choses saisies;
 

Some Aspects of Medical Treatment and Criminal Law, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1986¸ [xii,] 19 p., (Series; Report; 28), ISBN: 0662543793, also published in French / aussi publié en français: Quelques aspects du traitement médical et le droit pénal;
 

Arrest, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1986¸ [xii], 65 p., (Series; Report; 29), ISBN: 0662544757, also published in French / aussi publié en français: L'arrestation;
 

Recodifying Criminal Law - Volume 1, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1986¸ [xvii], 117 p., (Series; Report; 30), ISBN: 0662547322, also published in French / aussi publié en français: Pour une nouvelle codification du droit pénal - Volume 1;
 

Recodifying Criminal Law  (REvised and Enlarged Edition of Report 30), Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1987¸ [xvi], 213 p., (Series; Report; 31), ISBN: 0662547578, also published in French / aussi publié en français: Pour une nouvelle codification du droit pénal (Édition révisée et augmentée); Research Note: although the book is dated 1987, the book was in fact issued in 1988;
 

Our Criminal Procedure, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1988¸ [x], 56 p., (Series; Report; 32), ISBN: 0662557360, also published in French / aussi publié en français: Notre procédure pénale;
 

Recodifying Criminal Procedure - Volume 1, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1991¸ [xv], 332 p., (Series; Report; 33), ISBN: 0662577019, also published in French / aussi publié en français: Pour une nouvelle codification de la procédure pénale - Volume premier;
 

Renvoi de la Ministre - Les peuples autochtones et la justice pénale, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada,1991¸ [xv], 124 p., (Series; Report; 34), ISBN: 0662586417, also published in French / aussi publié en français: Les peuples autochtones et la justice pénale;
 

        Annual Reports to the Minister of Justice / Rapports annuels au Ministre de la Justice --- --- Now at my Digital Library on Canadian Criminal Law
 

Law Reform Commission of Canada, First Annual Report of the Law Reform Commission of Canada 1971-72, Ottawa: Information Canada, 1972, v,  26 p., Cat. No. J31-1972; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Commission de réforme du droit du Canada, : Premier rapport annuel de la Commission de réforme du droit du Canada 1971-1972;
 

_________ The Worst Form of Tyranny.  Second Annual Report 1972-1973, Ottawa: Information Canada, 1973, v, 37 p., Cat. No. J31-1973; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Mais elle n'était pas moins tyrannique: Deuxième rapport annuel 1972-1973;
 

_________ A True Reflection.  Third Annual Report 1973-1974, Ottawa: Information Canada, 1974, v, 18, [2] p., Cat. No. J31-1974; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Un reflet fidèle:  Troisième rapport  annuel: 1973-1974;
 

__________ In Sight of Land...ourth  Annual Report 1974-1975, Ottawa: Information Canada, 1975, [iv], 31  p., Cat. No. J31-1975; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Bientôt là... Quatrième  rapport  annuel: 1974-1975;
 

__________ A Never Ending Relay Race:  Fifth  Annual Report [1975-1976], Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1976, [iv], 31  p., Cat. No. J31-1976; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Une éternelle course de relais: cinquième rapport  annuel: [1975-1976];
 

__________ Sixth Annual Report 1976-1977, Ottawa: Minsiter of Supply and Services Canada, 1978, [vii], 61 p., ISBN: 0662015169; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Sixième rapport  annuel: 1976-1977;
 

__________ Seventh Annual Report 1977-1978, Ottawa: Minsiter of Supply and Services Canada, 1979, vi, 33  p., ISBN: 0662501861; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Septième rapport  annuel: 1977-1978;
 

__________ Eight Annual Report 1978-1979, Ottawa: Minsiter of Supply and Services Canada, 1979, vi, 36  p., ISBN: 066250500X; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Huitième rapport  annuel: 1978-1979;
 

__________ Ninth Annual Report 1979-1980, Ottawa: Minsiter of Supply and Services Canada, 1980, vi, 38  p., ISBN: 0662510828; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Neuvième rapport  annuel: 1979-1980;
 

__________ Tenth Annual Report 1980-1981, Ottawa: Minsiter of Supply and Services Canada, 1982, vi, 33  p., ISBN: 0662515447; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Dixìéme rapport  annuel: 1980-1981;
 

__________ Eleventh Annual Report 1981-1982, Ottawa: Minsiter of Supply and Services Canada, 1982, [vi], 39  p., ISBN: 0662521463; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Onzième rapport  annuel: 1981-1982;
 

__________ Twelfth Annual Report  1982-1983, Ottawa: Minsiter of Supply and Services Canada, 1983, [viii], 49 p., ISBN: 0662527151; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Douzième rapport  annuel: 1982-1983;
 

__________ Thirteenth Annual Report  1983-1984, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1984, [iv], 44 p., ISBN: 0662531728; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Treizième rapport  annuel: 1983-1984;
 

__________ Fourteenth Annual Report  1984-1985, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1985, [vii], 53, [3] p., ISBN: 0662539575; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Quatorzième rapport  annuel: 1984-1985;
 

__________ Fifteenth Annual Report  1985-1986, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1986, [vii], 37, [2] p., ISBN: 0662548760; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Quinzième rapport  annuel: 1985-1986;
 

__________ 16th Annual Report: 1986-1987, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1987, [v], 46  p., ISBN: 0662557352; also published in French / aussi publié en français: 16e Rapport annuel: 1986-1987;
 

__________ 17th Annual Report: 1987-1988, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1988, [v], 46  p., ISBN: 0662567269; also published in French / aussi publié en français: 17e Rapport annuel: 1987-1988;
 

__________ 18th Annual Report: 1988-1989, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1989, [v], 48 p., ISBN: 066257301; also published in French / aussi publié en français: 19e Rapport annuel: 1988-1989;
 

__________ 19th Annual Report: 1989-1990, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, [v], 49 p., ISBN: 0662581512; also published in French / aussi publié en français: 19e Rapport annuel: 1989-1990;
 

__________ Twentieth Annual Report 1990 - 1991, [Ottawa]: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1991, [vi], 113 p., ISBN: 0662586867; also published in French / aussi publié en français: Vingtième Rapport annuel, 1990-1991;
 

b) Government Publications
 

AUDITOR GENERAL OF CANADA, Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the  House of Commons - Fiscal Year Ended 31 March 1985, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1985, part "Law Reform Commission", Chapter 10, paragraphs 10.1 to 10.74, ISBN: 660119307, available at http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_oag_198511_10_e_4185.html; also published in French / aussi publié en français: VÉRIFICATEUR GÉNÉRAL DU CANADA, Rapport du vérificateur général du Canada à la Chambre des communes, Exercice financier clos le 31 mars 1985, Ottawa: Ministre des Approvisionnements et Services Canada 1985, partie "La Commission de réforme du droit", chapitre 10, paragraphes 10.1 à 10.74, ISBN: 0660915960;  disponible à http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/Francais/parl_oag_198511_10_f_4185.html; 

AUDITOR GENERAL OF CANADA, Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the House of Commons - Fiscal Year Ended 31 March 1988, Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1988, part "Follow-Up of Recommendations in Previous Reports"Law Reform Commission" - "Law Reform Commission of Canada - 1985",  Chapter 10", paragraphs 20.1 to 20.4 and 20.64 to 20.7010, ISBN: 0662165020, available at http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_oag_198811_20_e_4247.html; also published in French / aussi publié en français: VÉRIFICATEUR GÉNÉRAL DU CANADA, Rapport du vérificateur général du Canada à la Chambre des communes, Exercice financier clos le 31 mars 1988, Ottawa: Ministre des Approvisionnements et Services Canada 1985, partie "Suivi des recommandations formulées dans les rapports antérieurs" - "La Commission de réforme du droit du Canada - 1985, Chapitre 10", paragraphes 20.1 à 20.4 et 20.64 à 20.701, ISBN: 066295145X, disponible à http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/Francais/parl_oag_198811_20_f_4247.html;
 

CANADA, Department of Justice Canada and James W. O'Reilly, Toward a New General Part of the Criminal Code of Canada - Details on Reform Options -, [Ottawa]: [Department of Justice Canada], [December 1994], ii, 50 p.; also published in French/aussi publié en français: Ministère de la Justice Canada et James W. O'Reilly, Pour une nouvelle codification de la Partie générale du Code criminel du Canada - Options de réforme -, [Ottawa]: [Ministère de la Justice Canada], [décembre 1994], ii, 51 p.;  --- --- Now at my Digital Library on Canadian Criminal Law
 

CANADA, Department of Justice Canada,  Reforming Criminal Code Defences: Provocation, Self-Defence and Defence of Property - A Consultation Paper , [Ottawa]: [Department of Justice Canada], [1998], 49 p.; also published in French/aussi publié en français:: Canada, Ministère de la Justice Canada, Réforme des moyens de défense viss par le Code criminel: Provocation, légitime défense et défense des biens - Documdent de consultation, [Ottawa] : [Ministère de la Justice Canada], [1998], 57 p.;
 

CANADA, Department of Justice Canada, Reforming the General Part of the Criminal Code: A Consultation Paper, [Ottawa]; [Department of Justice Canada], [November 1994], v, 35 p.; also published in French/aussi publié en français: Ministère de la Justice Canada, Projet de réforme de la Partie générale du Code criminel, [Ottawa], [Ministère de la Justice Canada], [Novembre 1994], v, 39 p.;  --- Now at my Digital Library on Canadian Criminal Law
 

CANADA, Government of Canada, The Criminal Law in Canadian Society, Ottawa:  [Department of Justice], August 1982, [6], 123 p., ISBN: 0662120833; also published in French/aussi publié en français: Gouvernement du Canada,  Le droit pénal dans la société canadienne, Ottawa: [Ministère de la Justice], 1982, [6], 136 p., ISBN: 0662916719; --- --- Now at my Digital Library on Canadian Criminal Law
 

CANADA, House of Commons,  Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence of the Sub-Committee on the recodification of the General Part of the Criminal Code of the Standing Committee on Justice and the Solicitor General, [Ottawa]: Queen's Printer for Canada, 1992-1993,  11 Issues:  no. 1: 25, 26, 30 March  1992, 12 May and  8 June 1992; no. 2: 15 June 1992; no. 3: 16 June 1992; no. 4: 16 June 1992; no. 5: 2 and 18 November. 1991; no. 6: 19 November 1992; no. 7: 23 November 1992; no. 8: 24 November 1992; no. 9: 26 November. 1992; no. 10: 8 December  1992; no. 11: 10 December 1992 and  2, 4, and 16 February 1993; note that the 11 th issue consists of the report:  First Principles: Recodifying the General Part of the Criminal Code of Canada: Report of the Sub-Committee on the Recodification of the General part of the Criminal Code of the Standing Committee on Justice and the Sollicitor General;  also published in French/aussi publié en français: Chambre des Communes, Procès-verbaux et témoignages du Sous-comité sur la Recodification de la Partie générale du Code criminel du Comité permanent de la justice et du Solliciteur général,  [Ottawa]: I'Imprimeur de la Reine pour le Canada, 1992-1993, 11 fasicules : 1: 25, 26, 30 mars 1992, 12 mai, 8 juin 1992; 2: 15 juin 1992; 3: 16 juin 1992; 4: 16 juin 1992; 5: 2 et 18 novembre 1991; 6: 19 novembre 1992; 7: 23 novembre 1992; 8: 24 novembre 1992; 9: 26 novembre 1992; 10: 8 décembre 1992; 11: 10 décembre 1992 et 2,4,16 février 1993; noter que le 11e fasicule contient le rapport : Principes de base: recodification de la Partie générale du Code criminel du Canada.  Rapport du Sous-comité sur la recodification de la Partie générale du Code criminel du Canada du Comité permanent de la justice et du Solliciteur général;
 

CANADA, The Minister of Justice of Canada,  Proposals to Amend the Criminal Code (general principles), [Ottawa], [Department of Justice Canada], 28 June 1993, 17 p./ information in French (bilingual publication) /informations en français (publication bilingue): Ministre de la Justice du Canda, Proposition de modification du Code criminel (principes généraux), [Ottawa], [MInistère de la Justice Canada], 28 ¸juin 1993, 17 p.;  --- --- Now at my Digital Library on Canadian Criminal Law
 

CANADA, Officials of the Department of Justice Canada and Members of the Law Reform Commission of Canada,  Toward a New General Part for the Criminal Code of Canada: A Framework Document on the Proposed New General Part of the Criminal Code for the Consideration of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and the Solicitor General, [Ottawa]: [Department of Justice Canada], [1990], 137 p.; also published in French/aussi publié en français: Fonctionnaires du Ministère de la Justice Canada et des membres de la Commission de r/forme du droit du Canada, Pour une nouvelle codification de la Partie générale du Code criminel du Canada : document cadre sur la nouvelle partie générale proposée du Code criminel présenté pour examen au comité permanent de la justice et du solliciteur général, [Ottawa]: [Ministère de la Justice], [1990], 144 p.; --- --- Now at my Digital Library on Canadian Criminal Law
 

CANADA/PROVINCES, Report of the Working Group on Chapter 2 of the Law Reform Commission of Canada Report 30 "Recodifying Criminal Law", [Ottawa]; [Department of Justice Canada], January 1988, v, 118 p.; Research Notes:  this report is cited in the Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1988-1989 - 18th Annual Report, Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1989 at p. 37, ISBN: 0662573013.  Chapter 2 of report 30  is entitled "Principles of Liability" and  includes proposals on mens rea.  This report was submitted to the Federal-Provincial Coordination Committee of Senior Justice Officials.  Members of the Working Group were from: the Department of Justice Canada, and from the following provincial Attorney General departments or Ministries/Departments of Justice: Ontario, Québec, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and  British Columbia. This report is available from the Department of Justice Canada.  It was obtained by François Lareau in 1998 under Access to Information Request number A98-00184.  also available in French / aussi disponible en français: CANADA/PROVINCES, Rapport du Groupe de travail chargé de l'étude du chapitre 2 du Rapport no 30 de la Commission de réforme du droit du Canada "Pour une nouvelle codification du droit pénal" (Volume I), [Ottawa]: [Ministère de la Justice Canada],  janvier 1988, vi, 134 p.;   Notes de recherche :  ce rapport est mentionné dans Commission de réforme du droit du Canada, 1988-1989, Dix-huitième Rapport annuel,  Ottawa : Commission de réforme du droit du Canada, 1989,  à la p. 40, ISBN: 0662573013.  Le chapitre 2 du rapport 30 a pour titre «Principes régissant la responsabilité» et comprend des dispositions sur la mens rea.  Ce rapport a été soumis au Comité fédéral-provincial de coordination composé de fonctionnaires de niveau supérieur de la justice.  Les membres du groupe de travail proviennent du Ministère de la Justice Canada et des ministères des procuereurs généraux /ministères provinciaux de la justice de: l'Ontario, Québec, Nouvelle-Écosse, Saskatchewan, Alberta et Columbie-Britannique. Ce rapport est disponible au Ministère de la Justice Canada. Il a été obtenu par François Lareau en 1998 suite à une demande d'accès à l'information numéro A-98-00177;  --- --- Now at my Digital Library on Canadian Criminal Law

CANADA/PROVINCES, Report of the Working Group on Chapter 4 of the Law Reform Commission of Canada Report 30 "Recodifying Criminal Law", [Ottawa]; [Department of Justice Canada], January 1988, iv, 24 p.; Chapter 4 of report 30  is entitled "Involvement in Crime"; Research Note: The Working Group's report was submitted to the Federal-Provincial Coordination Committee of Senior Justice Officials.  Members of the Working Group were from: the Department of Justice Canada, and from the following provincial Attorney General departments or Ministries/Departments of Justice: Ontario, Québec, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and  British Columbia. This report is available from the Department of Justice Canada.  It was obtained by François Lareau in 1998 under Access to Information Request number A98-00186 to the Department of Justice Canada. also available in French / aussi disponible en français: CANADA/PROVINCES, Rapport du Groupe de travail chargé de l'étude du chapitre 4 du Rapport no 30 de la Commission de réforme du droit du Canada "Pour une nouvelle codification du droit pénal" (Volume I), [Ottawa]: [Ministère de la Justice Canada],  janvier 1988, iv, 25 p.   Notes de recherche :  Le chapitre 4 du rapport 30 a pour titre «La participation aux crimes».  Ce rapport a été soumis au Comité fédéral-provincial de coordination composé de fonctionnaires de niveau supérieur de la justice.  Les membres du groupe de travail provenaient du Ministère de la Justice Canada et des ministères des procureurs généraux /ministères provinciaux de la justice de: l'Ontario, Québec, Nouvelle-Écosse, Saskatchewan, Alberta et Columbie-Britannique.  Ce rapport est disponible au Ministère de la Justice Canada.  Il a été obtenu par François Lareau en 1998 suite à une demande d'accès à l'information numéro A-98-00186 au Ministère de la Justice Canada; --- --- Now at my Digital Library on Canadian Criminal Law
 

CANADA, Royal Commission on the Law of Insanity as a Defence in Criminal Cases, Report of the Royal Commission on the Law of Insanity asa Defence in Criminal Cases, Hull: Queen's Printer, 1956, viii, 73 p. (Chairman: The Honourable J.C. McRuer); the documents of the Royal Commission are at the National Archives, file RG 33, series 130, vol. 1 and 2; there is also a copy at the Great Library of the Law Society of Upper Canada; also published in French  / aussi publié en français: Commission royale chargée d'étudier la défense d'aliénation mentale en matière criminelle, Rapport de la Commission royale chargée d'étudier la défense d'aliénation mentale en matière criminelle, Hull: Imprimeur de la Reine, 1956, viii, 75 p.( Président: L'honorable J.C. McRuer); les documents de la Commission royale sont aux archives nationales, dossier RG 33, collection (series) 130, vol. 1 et 2; il y a aussi une copie à la Great Library of the Law Society of Upper Canada; --- --- Now at my Digital Library on Canadian Criminal Law
 

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts Respecting: Report of the Auditor General of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1985 - Chapter 10 - Comprehensive Audit of the Law Reform Commission Including: Ninth Report to the House (Permission to travel), Ottawa: Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Supply and Services Canada, 1985, 57, [14] p.,  Issue no. 28, December 19, 1985 (Chairman: Aideen Nicholson) and witnesses: Raymond Dubois, Mr. Justice Allen M. Linden and D.C. Préfontaine / also published in French - aussi publié en français: Chambre des Communes, Procès-verbaux et témoignages du Comité permanent des Comptes publics Concernant: Rapport du Vérificateur général du Canada pour l'exercice financier clos le 31 mars 1985 - Chapitre 10 - Vérification intégrée de la Commission de réforme du droit y compris Neuviève [sic] rapport à la Chambre (Permission de voyager), Ottawa: Centre d'édition du gouvernement du Canada, Approvisionnements et Services Canada, 1985, 57, [14] p., Fascicule no 28, 19 décembre 1985 (Président: Aideen Nicholson) et les témoins:  Raymond Dubois, Mr. Justice Allen M. Linden and D.C. Préfontaine
 

c)  Articles on Recodifying the Criminal Law

CAMPBELL, Mary E., "Politics and public servants: observations on the current state of criminal law reform", (July 2000) 42(3) Canadian Journal of Criminology 341 to approx. 354;

CARR, David G., "[LRC] Study Paper: Criminal Law Towards A Codification" , (June 1977) Crown's Newsletter 7-11;
 

DEL BUONO, Vincent M., "Toward a New Criminal Code for Canada", (1985-86) 28 Criminal Law Quarterly 370-389;
 

FRATER, Robert, "Law Commission proposesmajor reworking for Criminal Code", (24 June 1988) 8(9) The Lawyers Weekly 10;

FRIEDLAND, M.L., "Reforming Police Powers: Who's in Charge?", in R.C. MacLeod and David Schneiderman, Police Powers in Canada: The Evolution and Practice of Authority, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994, xix, 355 p., at pp. 100-118, ISBN: 0802028632 and 080207362X (pbk.);
 

JODOUIN, André, "La légitimité des sources de droit pénal: réflexions d'un agnostique sur les certitudes fondamentales du droit répressif" dans Les certitudes du droit, sous la direction de Ejan Mackaay, Montréal: Les Éditions Thémis, 2000, 278 p.;
 

LÉTOURNEAU, Gilles et Patrick J. Fitzgerald, "Politique criminelle et réforme du droit: l'approche de la Commission de réforme du droit du Canada", (1992) 14 Archives de politique criminelle 95-113;
 

LÉTOURNEAU, Gilles, «La codification en droit pénal canadien et la Commission de réforme du droit du Canada», (1986) 40 Revue Juridique et politique indépendance et coopération 509-520; note de recherche: cet article fait partie des numéros 3 et 4, de janvier-juin 1986 qui couvre le XVIII^e Congrès de l'Institut international du droit d'exposition française (I.D.E.F.) tenu en Louisianne du 3 au 9 novembre 1985 sur le  thème «La codification et l'évolution du droit»;
 

LINDEN, Allen M. and Patrick Fitzgerald, "Recodifying Criminal Law", (1987) 66 Canadian Bar Review 529-550;
 

LINDEN, Mr. Justice Allen M., "After a Century, Canada needs a New Criminal Code" in WOOD, J. and R. Peck, eds., 100 Years of the Criminal Code in Canada: Essays Commemorating the Centenary of the Canadian Criminal Code, Ottawa: Canadian Bar Association, 1993, x, 368 p., at pp. 1-65, ISBN: 0920742416;
 

___________, "Recodifying Criminal Law", (1989) 14 Queen's Law Journal3-30;
 

___________, Renewing Canadian Law - Selected Addresses 1987-1988, [Ottawa: Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1988], 644 p., see:

- Address 3, "Recodifying Criminal Law" at pp. 43-104; a note at p. 43 reads: "Versions of this paper have appeared in 'The Cambridge Lectures 1985', F.E. McArdle, Editor, Montreal: Les Editions Blais; as well as in 'Crime, Justice and Codification', P. Fitzgerald, Editor, Toronto: Carswell, 1986; and (1987) 66 Canadian Bar Review, 528 (with Patrick Fitzgerald)";

- Address 4, "Overcoming the Obstacles to Criminal Law Reform", at pp. 105-141;  Address 5, "Report of the Law Commission of Canada to the Deputy Ministers of Justice", pp.143-181;

- Address 5, "Report of the LRCC to the Deputy Ministers of Justice", at pp. 143-181;

- Address 6, "The Future of Criminal Law", at pp. 183-227;

- Address 7, "Brief to the Standing Committee on Justice and Solicitor General (Sentencing)" at pp. 229-288;
 

PRADEL, Jean, "Un regard français sur le projet canadien de Code pénal: les nouvelles dispositions sur la responsabilité", (1988) 22 La Revue juridique Thémis183-205;
 

Don STUART, "Time to Recodify Criminal Law and Rise Above Law and Order Expediency: Lessons From the Manitoba Warriors Prosecution", (2000) 28(1) Manitoba Law Journal 89-112;
 

WHITE, Donna Gayle, Benthamite utilitarianism and law reform in Canada: a criminal law perspective, LL.M. theis, University of Ottawa, 1991, 185 p.;
 
 

d) Articles on Codification -  General
 

BEAUDOIN, Gérald, «La codification des droits fondamentaux au Canada: un commentaire»,  (1986) 40 Revue Juridique et politique indépendance et coopération 491-498; note de recherche: cet article fait partie des numéros 3 et 4, de janvier-juin 1986 qui couvre le XVIII^e Congrès de l'Institut international du droit d'exposition française (I.D.E.F.) tenu en Louisianne du 3 au 9 novembre 1985 sur le  thème «La codification et l'évolution du droit»;
 

BENNETT, Elizabeth, "Common Law Inroads into the Criminal Code" in WOOD, J. and R. Peck, eds., 100 Years of the Criminal Code in Canada: Essays Commemorating the Centenary of the Canadian Criminal Code, Ottawa: Canadian Bar Association, 1993, x, 368 p., at pp. 91-110, ISBN: 0920742416;
 

BERTRAND, Gérard, «Codification, révision et rédaction des lois en régime fédéral de droit jurisprudentiel anglais et en situation de bilinguisme officiel français-anglais, l'expérience canadienne», (1986) 40 Revue Juridique et politique indépendance et coopération 499-508; note de recherche: cet article fait partie des numéros 3 et 4, de janvier-juin 1986 qui couvre le XVIII^e Congrès de l'Institut international du droit d'exposition française (I.D.E.F.) tenu en Louisianne du 3 au 9 novembre 1985 sur le  thème «La codification et l'évolution du droit»;
 

BOYLE, Christine, "Commentary" in Don Stuart, 1943-,  R.J. Delisle and Allan Manson, eds., Towards a Clear and Just Criminal Law: A Criminal Reports Forum, Scarborough (Ontario): Carswell, Thomson Professional Publishing, 1999, v, 574 p., at pp. 146-155, ISBN: 045927077X;  Research Note: commentary on Don Stuart's article "A Case for a General Part", infra;
 

CHASSE, Kenneth L., "The Meaning of Codification", (1976) 35 C.R.N.S. 178-185;
 

DEL BUONO, Vincent M., "Comments by Vincent M. Del Buono to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and the Solicitor General on the Recodification of the General Part of the Criminal Code June 8, 1992" " in CANADA, House of Commons, Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence of the Sub-Committee on the recodification of the General Part of the Criminal Code of the Standing Committee on Justice and the Solicitor General,  Ottawa: Canada Communication Group - Publishing, Supply and Services Canada, 1992, Issue number 1, March 25, 26 and 30, May 12, and June 8, 1992, pp. 1A:18-1A:28 (English); also available in French / aussi disponible en français: "[Traduction] Exposé portant sur la recodification de la partie générale du Code criminel présenté par Vincent M. Del Buono au Comité permanent de la justice et du Solliciteur général (Chambre des communes du Canada), Le 8 juin 1992"  dans
 

CANADA, Chambre des Communes,  Procès-verbaux et témoignages du Sous-comité sur la Recodification de la Partie générale du Code criminel du Comité permanent de la justice et du Solliciteur général, Ottawa: Groupe Communication Canada - Édition, Approvisionnements et Services Canada,  Fasicule numéro 1 pour le  25, 26, 30 mars, 12 mai et 8 juin  1992 aux pp. 1A:49-1A:60;
 

DUBBER, Dirk,  "Commentary" in Don Stuart, 1943-,  R.J. Delisle and Allan Manson, eds., Towards a Clear and Just Criminal Law: A Criminal Reports Forum, Scarborough (Ontario): Carswell, Thomson Professional Publishing, 1999, v, 574 p., at pp. 156-182, ISBN: 045927077X;  Research Note: commentary on Don Stuart's article "A Case for a General Part", infra;
 

FERGUSON, Gerry, "From Jeremy Bentham to Anne Mclellan: Lessons on Criminal Law Codification"  in Don Stuart, 1943-,  R.J. Delisle and Allan Manson, eds., Towards a Clear and Just Criminal Law: A Criminal Reports Forum, Scarborough (Ontario): Carswell, Thomson Professional Publishing, 1999, v, 574 p., at pp. 156-182, ISBN: 045927077X;
 

FITZGERALD, Patrick., "Codes and Codifications: Interpretation, Stucture and Arrangement of Codes", (1990) 2 Criminal Law Forum 127-143;
 

FRIEDLAND, M.L., "Codification and the Charter: Who’s in Charge of the Reform of Criminal Law?", paper submitted at the 20th Anniversary Conference of the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law held in Vancouver, Canada from June 22 – June 26, 2007, available at http://www.isrcl.org/  (accessed on 9 September 2007);
 

 "Pressure Groups and the Development of the Criminal Law" in P.R. Glazebrook, ed., Reshaping the Criminal Law, Essays in honour of Glanville Williams, London: Stevens & Sons, 1978, xii, 492, at pp. 202-239,  ISBN: 042045540X; also published in Martin L. Friedland, A Century of Criminal Justice: perspectives on the Development of Canadian Law, Toronto: Carswell Legal Publications, 1984, xxii, 245 p., at pp. 67-112,  ISBN: 0459365800;
 

KAISER, H. Archibald, "New Directions For Canadian Criminal Law Reform: Ensuring and End to Complacency" (1993) 13 Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice 264-286; a note at p. 264 explains that this article under the title "New Directions for Criminal Law Reform: Assessing the Possibilities" has already been published in D. Clairmont and B. Archibald, eds., Atlantic Institute of Criminology, Oct 1993 (Occasional paper Series);
 

KASIRER, Nicholas, "Canada's Criminal Law Codification Viewed and Reviewed",  (1990) 35 McGill Law Journal 841-879;
 

KLINCK, Denis R., "The Language of Codification", (1989) 14 Queen's Law Journal 33-65;
 

LÉTOURNEAU, Gilles and Stanley A. Cohen, "Codification and Law Reform: Some Lessons from the Canadian Experience", (1989) 10 Statute Law Review 183-199;
 

LÉTOURNEAU, Gilles, "Le Code criminel canadien ou la faillite du pouvoir législatif" dans WOOD, J. et  R. Peck, sous la direction de, 100 Years of the Criminal Code in Canada: Essays Commemorating the Centenary of the Canadian Criminal Code/ Le centenaire du Code criminel du Canada: Mémoire concernant le Centenaire du Code criminel du Canada, Ottawa: Canadian Bar Association, 1993, x, 368 p., at pp. 67-85, ISBN: 0920742416;
 

LONG, Brenda Ann, 1968-, Judicial Reform of Criminal Law under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Master of Arts thesis, Department of Political Science, University of Calgary, 1996, x, 198 p., see "The Law Reform Commission of Canada"  at pp, 11-19; Research Note: contains summary of unpublished interviews between Mr. Morton and Mr. Justice Linden;
 

MacLEOD, A.J.,  "Criminal Legislation"  in  W.T. McGrath, ed., Crime and Its Treatment in Canada, Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1965 (first paperback printing in 1970), 510 p. at pp. 91-108; Research Note; MacLeod, Commissioner of Penitentiaries, Department of Justice Canada who was directly involved in the 1955 review of the Criminal Code; the article contains interesting explanations on the review of the 1955 Canadian Criminal Code;
 

MONTY, Paul, «La réforme du droit pénal québécois», (1986) 40 Revue Juridique et politique indépendance et coopération 545-556; note de recherche: cet article fait partie des numéros 3 et 4, de janvier-juin 1986 qui couvre le XVIII^e Congrès de l'Institut international du droit d'exposition française (I.D.E.F.) tenu en Louisianne du 3 au 9 novembre 1985 sur le  thème «La codification et l'évolution du droit»;
 

MORIN, Michel, "Portalis v. Bentham?  The Objectives Ascribed to Codification of the Civil Law and the Criminal Law in France, England and Canada" in Canadian Association of Law Teachers, Canadian Law and Society Association, Council of Canadian Law Deans, and Law Commission of Canada, eds., Perspectives on legislation : essays from the 1999 Legal Dimensions Initiative, Ottawa : Law Commission of Canada, [2000], [v], 256 p., at p. 127,  ISBN:  0662286782; aussi publié en français: La législation en question: mémoires du concours Perspectives juridiques 1999, [Ottawa] : Commission du droit du Canada, [2000], ISBN: 0662844432;
 

"Rapporteur Report, Saturday November 7, 1998, Session: Should There Be a general Part?  10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon: Open Discussion Chaired by Professor Ronald J. Delisle"  in Don Stuart, 1943-,  R.J. Delisle and Allan Manson, eds., Towards a Clear and Just Criminal Law: A Criminal Reports Forum, Scarborough (Ontario): Carswell, Thomson Professional Publishing, 1999, v, 574 p., at pp. 190-191, ISBN: 045927077X;Research Note: commentary on Don Stuart's article "A Case for a General Part", infra;
 

SCHMITZ, Christin, "Lawyers outraged by Law Reform Commission abolition"(13 March1992) 11(42) The Lawyers Weekly 20;
 

STUART, Don, "A Case for A General Part" in Don Stuart, 1943-,  R.J. Delisle and Allan Manson, eds., Towards a Clear and Just Criminal Law: A Criminal Reports Forum, Scarborough (Ontario): Carswell, Thomson Professional Publishing, 1999, v, 574 p., at pp. 95-145, ISBN: 045927077X;
 

__________"Supporting General Principles for Criminal Responsibility in the Model Penal Code with Suggestions for Reconsideration: A Canadian Perspective",  (2000) 4(1) Buffalo Criminal Law Review 13-51; available on the internet at  http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/bclc/bclrarticles/4(1)/Stuartpdf.pdf;  paper presented at the "Model Penal Code (Oct. 29-31, 1999)" Conference organized by the Buffalo Criminal Law Center;
 
 

VANDERVORT, Lucinda, "To Codify or Not Codify the Principles of Criminal Responsibility: A Question of Fundamental Justice and Equality"  in Don Stuart, 1943-,  R.J. Delisle and Allan Manson, eds., Towards a Clear and Just Criminal Law: A Criminal Reports Forum, Scarborough (Ontario): Carswell, Thomson Professional Publishing, 1999, v, 574 p., at pp. 156-182, ISBN: 045927077X;  Research Note: comments in part on Don Stuart's article "A Case for a General Part", supra;
 

WOOD, Josiah and Richard Peck, "Introduction" in Josiah Wood and Richard C.C. Peck, eds., 100 Years of the Criminal Code in Canada: Essays Commemorating the Centenary of the Canadian Criminal Code, Ottawa: Canadian Bar Association, 1993, x, 368 p., at pp. v-x, ISBN: 0920742416;
 

e) Criminal Justice Policy

BRILLON, Yves, Marie-Christine Lamarche et Christiane Louis-Guérin, Les attitudes du public canadien envers les politiques criminelles, [Montréal] : Centre international de criminologie comparée, 1984, xii, 324 p. (Collection; Les Cahiers de recherches criminologiques; no 1); aussi publi/ en anglais/also published in English:  Attitudes of the Canadian public toward crime policies, pilot enquiry, [translated by Dorothy Crelinsten], [Ottawa] : Solicitor General Canada, Ministry Secretariat, 1989, xiv, 310 p. (series; User report; Canada. Ministry of the Solicitor General; no. 1989-01); copie de la version française à l'Université d'Ottawa, KE 8813 .B7167 1984 MRT;
 

CROUSE, George H., "A Critique of Canadian Legislation - Part I and Part II" (1934) Canadian Bar Review 544-578 and 601-633;
 

FATTAH, Ezzat A., "Les orientations actuelles de la politique criminelle", (1982) 5 Archives de la politique criminelle 253-288;
 

PIRES, Alvaro P., «Quelques obstacles à une mutation du droit pénal», (1995) 26 Revue générale du droit 133-154;
 

PIRES. Alvaro P., André Cellard et Gérald Pelletier, "L'énigme de modifications législatives au Code criminel canadien" dans P. Fraile, sous la direction de, Modelar para gobernar : el control de la población y el territorio en Europa y Canadá : una perspectiva histórica =Régulation et gouvernance.  Le contrôle des populations et du territoire en Europe et au Canada.  Une perspective historique, Barcelone: Publications Universitat de Barcelona, 2001, 336 p., aux pp. 195-217 (Collection; Geo crítica. Textos de apoyo; 16), ISBN: 8447526038;
 

SZABO, Denis, "Recherches criminologiques et politiques criminelles.  Le cas du Canada", (1985) 38 Revue internationale de criminologie et de police technique 43-56;  copie à la bibliothèque de la Cour suprême du Canada;
 

YOUNG, Alan N., Justice defiled : perverts, potheads, serial killers and lawyers, Toronto : Key Porter Books, c2003, xi, 347 p., see Chapter 10, "Our Criminal Code", at pp. 158-170, ISBN: 1552632253; copy at the Library of the Supreme Court of Canada, KF 9223 Y68 2003;
 
 

4. Current Textbooks on General Part Matters
 

BARNHORST, Sherrie-1948 and Richard Barnhorst, Criminal Law and the Canadian Criminal Code, 3rd ed., Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1996, xxxii, 414 p., see Chapter 3 "Some General Principles for Determining Criminal Liability",  pp. 35-64 (more particularly pp. 40-50) and Chapter 10, "Criminal Negligence and Legal Duties - Part VIII of the Code", at pp. 235-248,  ISBN: 007552757X;
 

BARREAU DU QUÉBEC, Collection de droit 2006-2007,disponible à http://www.caij.qc.ca/CAIJdocs/concerto/menu/menu.html (site visité le 12 juillet 2007);

CAIRNS-WAY, Rosemary, 1956-,  and Renate Mohr, Toni Pickard and Phil Goldman: Dimensions of Criminal Law, 2nd ed., Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 1996, xxvi, 999 p., ISBN: 0920722822;
 

COLVIN, Eric, 1945-,  Principles of Criminal Law, 2nd ed., [Scarborough]: Carswell, 1991, xxvi, 399 p., see pp. 238-249 on necessity,  ISBN: 0459355619 (bound) and 0459355716 (pbk.);  new edition in 2007;
 

CÔTÉ-HARPER, Gisèle, 1942-,  Pierre Rainville, 1964-,  et  Jean Turgeon, 1951-,  Traité de Droit pénal canadien, 4^e édition, Cowansville: Éditions Yvon Blais, 1998, lv, 1458 p., voir le chapitre sur la nécessité aux  pp. 561-576, ISBN: 2894512589; note de recherche: la première édition porte le tite: Principes de droit pénal général, 1981;  la deuxième édition en 1984 et la troisième édition en 1989 avec le supplément de 1994 portent le tite Droit pénal canadien;
 

EWASCHUK, Eugene G., Criminal Pleadings and Practice in Canada, 2 vol., 2nd ed., Aurora (Ontario): Canada Law Book, 1987-,  loose-leaf,   ISBN: 0888040687 (vol. 1) and 0888041438 (vol. 2);
 

FERGUSON, Gerry  A. and John C. Bouck, Canadian Criminal Jury Instructions (CRIMJI), 3rd edition, loose-leaf volumes, Vancouver (British Columbia) : Continuing Legal Education Society of British  Columbia, 1994-,  ISBN: 0865047715;
 

FORTIN, Jacques et Louise Viau, Traité de droit pénal général, Montréal : Éditions Thémis, 1982, xi, 457 p.;
 

FRIEDLAND, M.L. (Martin Lawrence), 1932-,  and Kent Roach, 1961-, Criminal Law and Procedure : Cases and Materials, 8th ed., Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications, 1997,  xxvii, 1020 p., ISBN: 0920722962;
 

GIROUX, Michel, 1962-, et Eugène O'Sullivan, Droit pénal général, Cowansville: Éditions Yvon Blais, 1997, xiii, 108 p., (Collection La common law en poche; vol. 7),  ISBN: 2894512198 (aussi publié Bruxelles: Bruylant);
 

KAMEL-TOUEG, Nabil, Précis de droit pénal général - Droit pénal I, 2e édition, Mont-Royal (Québec) : Modulo Éditeur, 1994, ix, 242 p., ISBN: 2891135024;
 

MEWETT, Allan W., 1930-, and Morris Manning,  Mewett & Manning on Criminal Law, 3rd ed, Toronto: Butterworths, 1994, lxiv, 959 p.,  ISBN: 0409903752 (bound) and 0433396458 (pbk.);
 

ROACH, Kent, 1961-, Criminal Law, 2nd ed., Toronto (Ontario): Irwin Law, 2000, xx, 370 p., (series; Essentials of Canadian Law), ISBN: 1552210413; Research Note:  see Chapter 4: "The Fault Element, or Mens Rea", at pp. 124-163; and Chapter 5, "Regulatory Offences and Corporate Crime", at pp. 165-181;
 

STUART, Don, 1943-,  Canadian Criminal Law: A Treatise, 3rd ed., Toronto, Carswell, 1995, l, 672 p., ISBN: 0459553062 (bound) and 0459553089 (pbk.); there is a 4 th ed. published in 2001;  new edition in 2007;
 

__________  Charter Justice in Canadian Criminal Law, 2nd ed., Scarborough: Carswell, 1996, lx, 541 p., see in particular "Charter Standards for Justifications and Excuses" at pp. 103-105, ISBN: 0459253964 (bound) and 0459254022 (pbk.); there is a 3rd ed. published in 2001;  4th ed., in 2005;
 

VERDUN-JONES, Simon N. (Simon Nicholas), 1947-,  Criminal Law in Canada: Cases, Questions & The Code, 2nd ed., Toronto: Harcourt Brace & Company Canada, 1997,  xvii, 370 p., ISBN: 0774731826; there is now a 3rd ed. and 4th ed.;
 

5. Canadian Criminal Justice History

PHILLIPS, Jim, "Crime and Punishment in the Dominion of the North: Canada from New France to the Present" in Clive Emsley and Louis A. Knafla, eds., Crime History and Histories of Crime: Studies in the Historiography of Crime and Criminal Justice in Modern History, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1996, vi, 313 p., at pp. 87-108 (series; Contributions in Criminology and penology; number 48), ISBN: 0313287228; copy at Carleton University, Ottawa;
 

SMANDYCH, Russell and Bryan Hogeveen, "On the fragmentation of Canadian criminal justice history", (April 1999) 41(2) Canadian Journal of Criminology 191-203;