Constitutionalizing Criminal Law

Colton Fehr (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

266 Seiten

2022
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-6767-2 (ISBN)

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Constitutionalizing Criminal Law calls for an overhaul of the way the Supreme Court of Canada has developed the relationship between criminal and constitutional law. After the adoption of the Charter of Rights, the court employed principles of criminal law theory when striking down criminal laws. More recently, it has invoked principles of instrumental rationality in doing so. In both cases, the court has consistently turned to the concept of fundamental justice under section 7 of the Charter to constitutionally challenge criminal laws in place of specifically enumerated rights. The existence of multiple avenues to challenge criminal laws constitutionally raises the question: Which set of rights should the court employ? This book persuasively argues that rights decisions should be based on enumerated rights where possible, the principles of instrumental rationality abandoned, and the principles of criminal law theory invoked only when an unjust criminal law cannot otherwise be challenged under the Charter.

Colton Fehr is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Saskatchewan. His scholarship has appeared in a number of journals, including the Journal of International Criminal Justice, McGill Law Journal, Queen's Law Journal, University of British Columbia Law Review, Dalhousie Law Journal, Manitoba Law Journal, Alberta Law Review, Saskatchewan Law Review, Canadian Journal of Law and Technology, Canadian Criminal Law Review, and Criminal Law Quarterly.

1 Choosing among Rights

2 Principles of Criminal Law Theory

3 Principles of Instrumental Rationality

4 Enumerated Principles of Criminal Justice

5 A Normative Approach to Constitutionalizing Criminal Law

6 Lessons from the Canadian Experience

Notes; Bibliography; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.08.2022
Verlagsort	Vancouver
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	400 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Internationales Privatrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	0-7748-6767-1 / 0774867671
ISBN-13	978-0-7748-6767-2 / 9780774867672
Zustand	Neuware