Charter Justice in Canadian Criminal Law 6th Edition

This influential text provides a critical 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. All important decisions and new arguments are examined and updated. NEW IN THIS EDITION Major Supreme Court decisions included in this edition: PHS Community Services : Ministerial shut down of supervised injection site arbitrary and grossly disproportionate Khawaja : terrorist provisions read down to avoid overbreadth Bedford : prostitution laws struck down as overbroad and grossly disproportional Levkovic : disposing of dead child offence read down to avoid vagueness DH : presumption of subjective mens rea for crimes Sinclair, McCrimmon, Willier : limited s.