Criminal Law in Canada

"Not only is this the first book to offer a forensic examination of Clare’s Law, but it is also currently the only text to offer a comparative analysis of the various domestic abuse disclosure schemes emerging internationally."

- Dr. Marian Duggan, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent, UK

by Catherine Stanton (Editor), Hannah Quirk (Editor)

Legal scholar Amanda L. Tyler discusses the history and future of habeas corpus in America and around the world.

Innocent people are regularly convicted of crimes they did not commit. A number of systemic factors have been found to contribute to wrongful convictions, including eyewitness misidentification, false confessions, informant testimony, official misconduct, and faulty forensic evidence.

This book addresses current practices in customary law. It includes contributions by scholars from various legal systems (the USA, France, Israel, Canada etc.), who examine the current impacts of customary law on various aspects of private law, constitutional law, business law, international law and criminal law. In addition, the book expands the traditional concept of the rule of law, and argues that lawyers should not narrowly focus on statutory law, but should instead pay more attention to the impact of practices on “real legal life.” It states that the observation of practices calls for a stronger focus on usage, customs and traditions in our legal systems – the idea being not to replace statutory law, but to complement it with customary observations.