Criminal Procedure

Available in Alberta Law Libraries

• Annual review of criminal law Table of Contents
• Canadian Criminal Procedure, 6th ed. by Roger E. Salhany Table of Contents
• Criminal Pleadings and Practice in Canada, 2nd ed.by Eugene G. Ewaschuk Table of Contents Section 18 discusses sentencing principles and provides citations to key case law.
• Criminal Practice Manual: a practical guide to handling criminal casesby Christopher Bentley Table of Contents
• Criminal Procedure, 2nd ed. by Stephen Coughlan Table of Contents The third edition is available as an e-text
• Criminal Procedure in Canada by Steven Penney, Vincenzo Rondinelli, James Stribopoulos Table of Contents
• Criminal Trial Rules in Provincial Courts in Canada, fully annotated by Rick Libman Table of Contents
• Procedure in Canadian Criminal Law by Tim Quigley Table of Contents

• The Practitioner’s Criminal Precedents, 4th ed. by Alan D. Gold Table of Contents
• Criminal Law Precedents, 2nd ed. by David Watt  Table of Contents

Print

• Canadian Criminal Cases (CCC)
• Criminal Reports (CR, CRNS)

E-Resources

• ICLR
• JustisOne
• Lexis Advance® Quicklaw®
• WestlawNext – Canada (LawSource)

Check out one of our other LibGuides for more information on finding cases:

• Researching Cases

• Canadian Legal Information Institute (CANLII)

CanLII provides free searchable full-text access to Canadian case law. The scope of coverage varies by jurisdiction and court.

Boolean operators, proximity connectors, phrases and date restrictions can be incorporated into your query. Using the [Advanced Search] feature, you can select one or more jurisdictions to be searched, limit your search to appellate decisions, and restrict your search by type of tribunal.

You can also use CanLII to retrieve cases by citation or name.

A collection of the judgments of the Alberta Courts is also available from CanLII. The official version of the reasons for judgment is the signed original or handwritten endorsement in the court file. If there is a question about the content of a judgment, the original court file takes precedence.

• CanLII – Provincial Court judgments
• CanLII – Court of Queen’s Bench judgments
• CanLII – Court of Appeal judgments

Print Resources

• Alberta weekly law digest (AWLD)

E-Resources The Canadian Abridgment available on:

• WestlawNext – Canada (LawSource)

All Canadian Summaries, Canadian Case Summaries and Canada Digest are available on:

• Lexis Advance Quicklaw

• Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Criminal Law Quarterly [electronic resource]
• For the Defence Criminal Lawyers’ Association Newsletter

• Index to Canadian Legal Literature (ICLL) Available in print or electronically on WestlawNext Canada (LawSource) and Lexis Advance Quicklaw

Additional full-text articles are available electronically through: Heinonline Provides full-text access to Canadian and international law reviews and legal journals.
Access to HeinOnline is available to clients in any of our libraries, and remotely for individuals who are registered clients with Alberta Law Libraries. Lexis Advance® Quicklaw® Access to Lexis Advance® Quicklaw® is available to clients in all Alberta Law Libraries public locations WestlawNext – Canada (LawSource) contains a collection of Canadian journals and law reviews, as well as all articles and case comments appearing in Carswell law reports.

• Canadian encyclopedic digest (C.E.D.) (Western), 4th ed. Includes coverage of Federal, Provincial (4 Western provinces) and Territorial legislation.

Titles related to Criminal Procedure include:

• Criminal law – Procedure. Volume 19, Title 42

The CED provides discussion of these areas of law with annotations to legislation and case law.

Also available electronically through:

• WestlawNext – Canada (LawSource)

• Halsbury’s laws of Canada This multi-volume set includes coverage of Federal, Provincial & Territorial legislation

This encyclopedia explains the procedural rules that support the implementation and enforcement of criminal law, allowing you to quickly locate, contextualize and apply the basic elements of the law.

Titles related to Criminal Procedure include:

• Criminal Procedure (HC2)

Additional information may be found under other topical headings, and subsequent developments may be located by referring to the Cumulative Supplement.

Also available electronically through:

• Lexis Advance Quicklaw

• Provincial Court Criminal
• Running a Criminal Trial in Provincial Court Student Legal Services (Edmonton)

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