Derecho Penal Resumen

|CRIMINAL LAW |
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|Prepared by Andrew Carvajal|
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|Instructor: Prof. Payam Akhavan |
|Winter 2008|
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|Notes: |
|1. Most of the material summarized corresponds to the casebook “Criminal Law and Procedure: Cases and Materials – 9th Edition” by Roach etal.|
|2. Feminine pronouns are generally used as neutral pronouns throughout the text, unless the facts of the case require otherwise. |
|3. The sections on inchoate offences and participation include some material supplied by Costa Magdalenos, who is not only a great jurist but |
|also a last-minute saviour.|
|4. Many thanks to the law clerks with the tedious task of putting case headnotes together. Their work doesn’t go unappreciated. |

Table of Contents

Introduction 10
principle of legality 11
Basic Considerations of the Criminal Law 13
Sources of Criminal Law 13
Akhavan: “The Origin and Evolution of Crimes Against Humanity” 14Codification: The Criminal Law as a Statute 14
s. 9 – Criminal Code 15
Common Law Defences 15
Amato v. The Queen SCC (1982), 69 CCC (2d) 31 15
s. 8(3) – Criminal Code 15
Common Law Offences 16
Frey v. Fedoruk SCC, [1950] SCR 517 16
Re Regina and Gralewicz 16
Jobidon v. The Queen SCC, [1991] 2 SCR 714 16
Note on United Nurses of Alberta v. AG Alberta SCC (1992), 71 CCC (3d) 225 17
Vagueness,Overbreadth and Certainty in the Criminal Law 17
s. 11 – Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 18
Note on R v. Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Society SCC (1992), 74 CCC (3d) 289 18
R. v. Heywood SCC, [1994] 3 SCR 761 19
Canadian Foundation for Children v. Canada (Attorney General), 2004 SCC 4 20
The Limits of Criminal Law 21
Pornography 21
R. v. Butler SCC (1992), 70 CCC (3d) 129 21
R. v.Sharpe SCC, [2001] 1 SCR 45 23
Marijuana and the Harm Principle 24
R. v. Malmo-Levine; R. v. Caine SCC, 2003 SCC 74 24
Hate Speech 26
R. v. Keegstra SCC (1990), 61 CCC (3d) 1 26
R. v. Zundel SCC (1992), 75 CCC (3d) 449 28
Conduct or Actus Reus 29
Roach Ch. 5 and Lecture Notes – Introduction 29
Voluntariness 30
R. v. Ruzic SCC, [2001] 1 SCR 687 30
Contemporaneity 31
Fowler v. Padget 31Fagan v. Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, [1969] 1 Q.B. 439 31
R. v. Miller, [1982] 2 All E.R. 386 33
Note on R. v. Cooper, (1993) 78 CCC (3d) 289 (SCC) 34
Action, Inaction and Status 35
A) Action 35
B) Inaction (Omissions) 35
s. 219 – Criminal Code 35
s. 2 – Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms 36
Moore v. The Queen SCC, [1979] 1 SCR 195 36
R. v. Thornton, Ontario CA (1991) 3...