Prosecuting and Defending Sexual Offence Cases. Third edition
- Publisher:
- Emond Publishing
- Publication date:
- 2024-06-07
- Authors:
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Daniel Brown
(Partner in Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP's Washington, D.C.)
Brian H. Greenspan
Vincenzo Rondinelli
Jill Witkin - ISBN:
- 978-1-77462-665-8
Description:
In Prosecuting and Defending Sexual Offence Cases, 3rd Edition, Justice Jill Witkin (Ontario Court of Justice) and defence lawyer Daniel Brown offer a current and comprehensive examination of the legal processes involved in litigating sexual offences. This bestseller is designed to help practitioners focus on the procedural, evidentiary, and strategic elements unique to sexual offence cases. These elements include publication bans, search issues, children's evidence, expert evidence, cross-examination on private records, sentencing, and more. The third edition contains a new chapter on sexual offence appeals, addressing commonly raised issues and landmark cases from the Supreme Court of Canada, such as R v JJ. Additionally, this guide includes new discussion of Bill S-12 and reflects recent changes in Bill C-75 pertaining to preliminary hearings and in Bill C-51 pertaining to third party records, sexual history, and consent. Analysis of case law and relevant Criminal Code provisions are integrated throughout to effectively guide readers through the flow of a sexual offence case, from arrest to appeal. This text is Volume 4 in Emond's Criminal Law Series
Index
- Preliminary Pages
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- About the General Editors
- Initial Considerations
- Sexual Offences
- Search Issues
- Publication Bans
- Protections for Victims and Witnesses
- Preparing for the Preliminary Inquiry
- Evidentiary Issues
- Children's Evidence
- Expert Evidence
- Forensic Evidence
- Production of Third-Party Records: Section 278.3
- Cross-Examination on Private Records: Section 278.92
- Evidence of Other Sexual Activity: Section 276
- Consent
- Historical Offences
- Sentencing
- Representing the Victim in a Sexual Offence Proceeding
- Sexual Offence Appeals
- Table of Cases
- Index