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The Criminal Law Notebook This site reviews a variety of topics in Canadian criminal law. It is intended to be used as a reference for those seeking to understand technical elements of the law better. It will be particularly useful to practitioners, police officers and law students who need a convenient way to look up legislation, principles, and case law. Citations include links to CanLII whenever possible. The reader is assumed to have prior knowledge of criminal law. The site has become a leading source of free online information for criminal law with more than 1.5 million pageviews each year. To learn more about this project, read the About The Criminal Law Notebook page. Please feel free to contact the author, Peter Dostal, LLB, at [email protected] with any comments. Want to help keep the Criminal Law Notebook free? Click here to make a donation. Browse our 1343 articles General Topics The articles are divided into five core categories: Criminal law, Evidence, Search and Seizure, Procedure and Practice, and Sentencing Case Digests You can also browse by case digest topic. Other Articles List of Criminal Code Amendments | Criminal Code Table of Concordance | Offences by Penalty | Offences by Category | Definitions | Criminal Code Forms | Precedents, Court Forms and Checklists | Rules of Court | Glossary | Crime Statistics | Court Membership Full Content by Volume Vol 1 - Criminal Law (A to E) Vol 1.1 - Offence Profiles (A to J) Vol 8 - Court Membership Vol 2 - Evidence (A to B) Vol 3 - Search and Seizure (A to E) Vol 4 - Procedure (A to E) Vol 5 - Sentencing Vol 6 - Case Digests (A to C) Vol 7 - Reference Materials

News August 8, 2024 Pour ceux d'entre vous qui travaillent dans le système de justice pénale en utilisant la langue française. Il existe maintenant une traduction française (expérimentale) du site Web : http://carnetdroitpenal.ca July 7 to 14, 2024 I have migrated the site to a new server. It has caused some problems that I believe are now finally all resolved. Please be patient if anything more comes up in the next few days. March 1, 2024 Supreme Court of Canada in R v Bykovets, 2024 SCC 6 (CanLII), per Martin J (5:4) finds that IP addresses are protected by a reasonable expectation of privacy and its seizure by police can be protected under s. 8 of the Charter. January 4, 2024 Bill C-48, amending various bail provisions, came into force. December 15, 2023 Amendments come into force that modify various parts of the Code concerning firearms. October 26, 2023 Amendments come into force that change publication ban rules and update SOIRA provisions in light of R v Ndhlovu, 2022 SCC 38. Older news... or Twitter External Links CanLII.org and OpenParliament.ca primarydocuments.ca Canliiconnects.org Henry Waldock's Legal Topics for Canadian Police Altantic Police Academy News Law DOJ Research Reports on Criminal Justice System The Preparation, Citation and Distribution of Canadian Decisions The Criminal Law Ebook (CanLII) SCC arguments (audio) Other links...

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