Research Guides: Criminal Law: Textbooks

Core Texts

Canadian Criminal Law: A Treatise by Don Stuart
Call Number: KE8809 .S78 2020 Course Reserves
Criminal Law by Kent Roach
Call Number: KE8809 .R62 2022 Course Reserves
Also available online to the U of T community.
Manning, Mewett & Sankoff: Criminal Law by Morris Manning, Peter Sankoff
Call Number: KE8809 .M48 2015 Course Reserves
Also available online to the Faculty of Law.

Annotated Criminal Codes

Annotated Criminal Codes provide section-by-section commentary and case digests (summaries). The commentary explains how the section has been interpreted and applied by courts.

Crankshaw's Criminal Code of Canada
Available online to the Faculty of Law. Contains legislative histories of sections, as well as case digests.
Martin's Annual Criminal Code
Call Number: KE8804.5 .C519 M37 Course Reserves
Also available online to the Faculty of Law. Previous print editions in Stacks.
The Practitioner's Criminal Code by Alan D. Gold
Call Number: KE8809.2 .G65 Course Reserves
Also available online to the Faculty of Law. Previous print editions in Stacks.
Tremeear's Annotated Criminal Code
Call Number: KE8804.5 .C519 T74 Course Reserves
Also available online to the Faculty of Law. Previous print editions in Stacks.

Criminal Evidence

24(2): Exclusion of Evidence Under the Charter by Nick Kaschuk
Call Number: KE8440 .K38 2019 Course Reserves
McWilliams' Canadian Criminal Evidence by S. Casey Hill, David M. Tanovich, Louis P. Strezos, eds.
Call Number: KE9312 .M394 Course Reserves
Print subscription cancelled in 2018. Up-to-date edition available online to the Faculty of Law.
Modern Criminal Evidence by Matthew Gourlay et al.
Call Number: KE9312 .M63 2022 Course Reserves
The Practical Guide to Evidence in Criminal Cases by Roger E. Salhany and Edward W. Claxton
Call Number: KE9312 .S24 2022 Course Reserves
Watt's Manual of Criminal Evidence by the Honourable Mr. Justice David Watt
Call Number: KE9312 .W38 Course Reserves
Also available online to the Faculty of Law. Previous print editions in Stacks.

Criminal Procedure

Canadian Criminal Procedure by R.E. Salhany
Call Number: KE9260 .S25 Course Reserves
Print subscription cancelled in 2018. Up-to-date edition available online to the U of T community.
Criminal Pleadings & Practice in Canada by E. G. Ewaschuk
Available online to the Faculty of Law.
Criminal Procedure by Steve Coughlan
Call Number: KE9260 .C69 2020 Course Reserves
Also available on online to the U of T community.
Criminal Procedure in Canada by Steven Penney, Vincenzo Rondinelli, James Stribopoulos
Call Number: KE9260 .P45 2022 Course Reserves
Also available online to the Faculty of Law.

Sentencing

Sentencing by Clayton C. Ruby
Call Number: KE9355 .S44 2020 Course Reserves
Also available online to the Faculty of Law.
Sentencing: The Practitioner's Guide by Gary R. Clewley et al.
Call Number: Available online to the Faculty of Law
The Sentencing Code of Canada: Principles and Objectives by Gilles Renaud
Call Number: KE9355 .R466 2009 Course Reserves
Sentencing in Canada: Essays in Law, Policy, and Practice by David Cole & Julian V. Roberts, eds
Call Number: KE9355 .S46 2020
Also available online to the U of T community.

UK Treatises

Criminal Law: The General Part by Glanville Williams
Call Number: KD7869 .W54 1961 Course Reserves & Stacks
Ashworth's Principles of Criminal Law by Jeremy Horder
Call Number: KD7869 .A84 2022 Course Reserves
Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine by Simester et al
Call Number: KD7869 .S56 2019 Course Reserves
Smith, Hogan, and Ormerod's Criminal Law by Omerod et al
Call Number: KD7869 .O76 2018 Course Reserves

Youth Criminal Justice

Prosecuting and Defending Youth Justice Cases: A Practitioner's Handbook by Brock Jones, Emma Rhodes, Mary Birdsell
Call Number: KE9448 .J65 2016 Course Reserves
Youth Criminal Justice Act Manual
Available online to the Faculty of Law
Youth Criminal Justice Law by Nicholas Bala, Sanjeev Anand
Call Number: KE9445 .B35 2012 Course Reserves
Also available online to the U of T community.

Other Useful Texts

Charter Justice in Canadian Criminal Law by Don Stuart
Call Number: KE9304 .S78 2018 Course Reserves
Detention and Arrest by Steve Coughlan
Call Number: KE9265 .C68 2017 Course Reserves
Also available online to the U of T community.
The Law of Bail in Canada by Gary T. Trotter
Call Number: KE9272 .T762 Course Reserves
Also available online to the Faculty of Law.
The Law of Search and Seizure in Canada by James A. Fontana and David Keeshan
Call Number: KE9270 .F6 2021 Course Reserves
Also available online to the Faculty of Law.
Mack's Criminal Law Trial Book by Dallas Mack
Call Number: KE9260 .M33 2022 Course Reserves

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Annotated Criminal Codes

Criminal Evidence

Criminal Procedure

Sentencing

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