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    Charter justice in Canadian criminal law / by Don Stuart, B.A., LL.B., Dip. Crim., D. Phil., Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

    • Title:Charter justice in Canadian criminal law / by Don Stuart, B.A., LL.B., Dip. Crim., D. Phil., Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
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    • Author/Creator:Stuart, Don, 1943- author.
    • Published/Created:Toronto : Thomson Reuters, [2018]
      ©2018
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      • Location: c.1  Temporarily shelved at LAW LIBRARY reference room (level 2)Where is this?
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      • Call Number: KE9304 .S78 2018
      • Number of Items:2
      • Status:Available
      • Links:Donor bookplate
       
    • Library of Congress Subjects:Canada. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
      Criminal procedure--Canada.
      Criminal courts--Canada.
      Civil rights--Canada.
    • Edition:Seventh edition.
    • Description:xviii, 786 pages ; 25 cm
    • Summary:"[This book provides a] review of how the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is being applied in the criminal courts by the Supreme Court, courts of appeal and trial judges. Important decisions and scholarly arguments are examined and updated. Major Supreme Court decisions included in [this book] are:- Carter: prohibition against doctor assisted suicide overbroad contrary to s.7; MacDonald: police search on public safety ground requiring reasonable grounds; Fearon: police search of cell phones incident to lawful arrest; Saeed: penile swabs incident to arrest authorised if manner reasonable; Taylor: section 10(b) rights applying where suspect taken to hospital; Hart and Mack: Mr. Big confessions admissible if probative and not abusive; Anderson: revised approach to reviewing prosecutorial discretion; St-Cloud: public confidence ground to deny bail not only for rare use; Antic: re-enforcing ladder approach for bail; Kokopenace: lack of Indigenous people on jury polls not violating rights to jury; Jordan: presumptive ceilings for s.11(b) right to trial within reasonable time; Paterson: confirming Grant approach to robust s.24(2) exclusion of evidence; and Nur and Lloyd: section 12 grossly disproportional challenges to mandatory minimums."-- Publisher's website.
    • Notes:Includes table of cases.
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780779882946 (pbk.)
      0779882946
    • Contents:Basic principles
      Section 7 : right to life, liberty and security of person and guarantee of principles of fundamental justice
      Section 8 : right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure
      Section 9 : arbitrary detention or imprisonment
      Section 10 : rights on arrest or detention
      Section 11 : rights of persons charged with an offence
      Section 12 : protection against cruel and unusual treatment or punishment
      Section 13 : right of witness not to have incriminating evidence used in subsequent proceedings
      Section 14 : right to an interpreter
      Section 15 : equality rights
      Section 24 : Charter remedies.
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