Article: A summary of public consultation on reform of the Criminal Code of Canada as related to a defense of self-induced intoxication resulting in automatism

Article: The Charter and intoxication: Some observations on possible ...
Contemporary Drug Problems;  January 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... utterances of judges (common law), the Criminal Code and, more recently, the Charter of ... for example. The Amendment to the Criminal Code introduced by Justice Minister Alan Rock (Bill C-72, now s. 33.1 of the Criminal Code) essentially rolls back the majority ...

Article: Self-induced intoxication as a defense in the ...
Contemporary Drug Problems;  January 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... legal status of a defense of self-induced intoxication in Canadian criminal law was drastically ... Problems focuses on the issue of self-induced intoxication as a legal defense for criminal ... of how best to account for self-induced intoxication in assessing the legal requirements ...

Article: Self-induced intoxication: Balancing principles of ...
Contemporary Drug Problems;  January 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... quickly by introducing Bill C-72,3 an amendment to the Criminal Code intended to undo the change in the law that resulted from ... able to form the more specific intent that is set out in the Criminal Code. This specific intention cannot be inferred from the act ...

Encyclopedia entry: Automatism, Defence of
Canadian Encyclopedia;      571 words ... ... intoxication is limited by the common-law intoxication rules and s33.1 of the Criminal Code. In particular, under s33.1, self-induced intoxication automatism is no defence to offences of violence ( see INTOXICATION, DEFENCE OF ...

Encyclopedia entry: Criminal Code
Canadian Encyclopedia;      700+ words ... ... PRINGLE Canadian Encyclopedia 01-01-2002 Criminal Code Author: A. PRINGLE Criminal Code , a federal statute enacted by Parliament ... legislate criminal offences in Canada. The Criminal Code contains most of the criminal offences that ...

Article: Criminal code overhaul proposed Public needs to ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 30, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Tuesday that the state overhaul its criminal code to make sure the punishment fits the ... commission to work on recodification of the criminal code, which has not been overhauled since ... the Legislature should overhaul the criminal code first and deal with Thompson's truth ...

Article: Legislators remain divided on changes for criminal ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 28, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Legislators remain divided on changes for criminal code They praise Thompson's plans but ... passing major changes in the state criminal code. But the principal combatants in the ... and an end to the impasse on the criminal code changes did not appear imminent ...