A practical working text that will shorten preparation time and be a valuable in-court reference.

Deals with the ever expanding effect of the Charter on the issues arising in criminal proceedings and the prosecution of statutory offences. Organized conceptually rather than in chronological order of sections of the Charter, this work pulls together the reported and unreported case law determining the impact of the Charter on the legislative provisions, the substantive law and the practice in this area.

Author's Bio

Murray Segal is the Deputy Attorney General, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General and Deputy Minister responsible for Native Affairs. As a criminal law authority he has national stature, having written and lectured extensively across Canada.