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Resources
to get newsletters from the Crown, Defence Counsel, and the judiciary.
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View a Section of Criminal Legislation along with relevant annotations & histories
to get annotations of the Criminal Code and related Criminal Statutes.
Select
Carswell's Criminal Law Digest
for a large collection of criminal law practice topics.
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This is a great place to start your general research or search by issue.
Go to
Primary Sources
for the case law collection, which includes all cases from:
Carswell's Criminal Reports
Motor Vehicle Reports and Immigration Reports
Canadian Criminal Cases
Supreme Court of Canada and Federal Court decisions
Go to
Commentary
for the library of Thomson Reuters' key criminal-law print titles to get the best commentary available.
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Access to eLooseleafs on ProView requires a separate subscription.
Go to
Mack's Jury Charge Review
and select
View
for a collection of full-text criminal law jury charges that have been reviewed by the Courts of Appeal or the Supreme Court of Canada and accompanied by reviews of the appellate rulings and impugned charge.
Go to
Finding Tools
and select
Tremeear’s Offence Tables (with Sentencing & Procedure Options)
for sentencing coverage and procedural options for Criminal Code and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act offences, and listings of relevant sentencing provisions for each offence.
Select
Martin's Offence Grid
for sentencing and procedural options for commonly charged Criminal Code Offences in an easy-to-read graphical format.