Y ■oo R .CD RA ^r W LIB ■<COTM> CRIMINAL LAW A L N CD KI O AS Alan Brudner A L .Cr-D> R O B co VOLUME I FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO These materials are reproduced solely for the use of students in the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto 2007-2008 A of law faculty [UNIVERSITY OF TORnm-m TABLE OF CONTENTS (Volume I) Chapter One: The Aims of Punishment Bentham, Principles of Morals and Leeislation.1 C.S. Lewis, “The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment”.5 Hegel. Philosophy of Right.9 Chapter Two: The Principle of Legality Slimy v. Director of Public Prosecutions.14 R. v. Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Society’.21 Chapter Three: The Presumption of Innocence Woohnington v. D.P.P.29 R. v. Oakes.33 R. v. Whyte.41 Dow ney v. The Queen.48 R. v. Lifchus.57 Chapter Four: Actus Reus R. v. Carrier.63 R. v. Williams.66 A) Voluntariness Rex v. Larsonneur.74 Hill v. Baxter.75 B) Omissions A Penal Code Prepared by the Indian Law Commissioners.77 People v. Beardsley...79 The Oueen v. Instan.82 Fagan v. Commissioner of Metropolitan Police.85 R. v. Miller.88 LRCC, Working Paper #46, Omissions. 89 i C) Causation R. v. Winning.93 Commonwealth v. Moyer.93 R. v. Roberts.96 The Queen v. Jordan.98 R. v. Smith.100 People v. Lewis.103 Pagett v. The Queen.104 The American Law Institute’s Model Penal Code.106 R. v. Cheshire.106 R. v. Smithers.111 R. v. Blaue.113 R. v. Cribbin.116 R. v. Nette.123 Chapter Five: Inchoate Crimes I. Attempts A) Intent Lajoie v. The Queen.140 R. v. Ancio.144 II) Actus Reus The King v. Robinson.150 The King v. Barker.153 R. v. Cline.157 R. v. Sorrell and Bondett.162 Deutsch v. The Queen.167 LRCC Draft Criminal Code.171 C) The Relevance of Impossibility R. v. Scott.173 R. Smith (Roger).174 R. v. Shivpuri.179 USA v. Dynar.I 84 11. Com use! 1 in” R. v. McLeod et al..203 R. v. Gordon cun! Gordon.204 R. v. Lepage.205 LRCC Draft Criminal Code.205 Chapter Six: Mens Rea R. v. City' of Sault St e. Marie.207 Barbara Wooton, Crime and the Criminal Law.207 H.L.A. Hart, Punishment and Responsibility.210 A) Intention and Motive Lewis v. The Queen.215 R. v. Steane.220 Dunbar v. The King.223 Paquette v. The Queen.224 R. v. Hibbert.227 B) Recklessness R. v. Caldwell.242 R v. G and another.245 R. v. Tutton and Tut ton...255 R. v. Hundal.266 Brenda M. Baker. “Mens Rea & Negligence”. 274 American Law Institute's Model Penal Code.277 Chapter Seven: Departures from Mens Rea A) Constructive Murder Burns and Reid, “From Felony Murder to Accomplice Felony Attempted Murder”.280 R. v. Vaillancourt.282 The Law Reform Commission of Canada Working Paper 33, Homicide.293 LRCC Draft Criminal Code.296 R. v. Martineau.297 B) Foreseeability of Harm R. v. DeSousa.310 R. v. Creighton.318 C) Strict and Absolute Liability Morris and Howard, “Strict Responsibility”.342 Rex v. Ping Yuen.345 Beaver The Oueen.347 R. v. City of SauIt Ste. Marie.352 Reference Re: Section 94(2) of the Motor Vehicle Act.359 Wholesale Travel Group Inc. v. The Queen.364 Chapter Eight: Parties to Offences R. v. Kulbacki.395 R. v. Sa/ajko.396 Dunlop and Sylvester v. The Queen.397 R. Bainbridge.404 R. v. Logan el al.406 LRCC Draft Criminal Code.413 Chapter Nine: Vicarious and Corporate Liability A) Vicarious Liability A lien v. Whitehead.415 R. v. Hawinda Taverns Ltd..416 B) Corporate Liability R. v. Fane Robinson Ltd..419 R. v. Andrews Weatherfoil Ltd..424 R. v. Waterloo Mercwy Sales Ltd..426 Canadian Dredge and Dock Co. Ltd. et al. v. The Queen.427 LRCC Draft Criminal Code.431 IV