The Sentencing Code of Canada - Principles and Objectives

Eliminate Time-Consuming, Unfocused Research

Relying on traditional sentencing texts and the Criminal Code to locate an anchor for a particular proposition of law can lead to hours of wasted time. Similarly, answering questions that arise in the heat of the courtroom may require you to consult several resources on sentencing. Yet the typical courtroom recess granted by a judge is only 15 minutes.

The Sentencing Code of Canada - Principles and Objectives gives you a comprehensive, near exhaustive review of Sections 718-718.21 of the Criminal Code. This one-stop resource sets out the five most important steps in sentencing that the Court and counsel must consider in every case, organized from broadest to most specific:

• The codified objectives
• The codified fundamental principle
• The codified secondary principles
• The codified circumstances, including aggravating and mitigating circumstances
• Additional factors

Analysis of each element includes references to both leading and lesser known decisions from across the country to illuminate how courts have applied these objectives and principles. Detailed extracts from key decisions illustrate the weight given to particular principles in various sentencing situations and will help you present an authoritative submission almost immediately.

Justice Renaud has published six other books on sentencing, advocacy and evidence. He is a long-time contributor to Alan D. Gold's Criminal Law NetLetter™, a weekly current awareness service covering recent cases on criminal offences, evidence, and procedure, as well as sentencing and young offenders.

Benefits

• Locate all sentencing principles and objectives in one easily accessible source
• Gain instant access to the objectives and principles codified by Parliament in Sections 718-718.21 of the Criminal Code
• Incorporate passages from relevant rulings into your own oral or written submissions or judgments
• Deal with questions about sentencing principles and objectives in court without needing to call a recess
• Select the animating principle from the potential dozen principles applicable to a case
• Enjoy a comprehensive review of the recently codified objectives and principles in sentencing of organizations

Who Should Buy this Book

• Crown attorneys looking for guidance on factors that affect sentence ranges and the gradation of sentencing objectives and principles in cases of serious misconduct
• Defence counsel who rely on sentencing analysis and case excerpts to advise their clients
• Judges who need to quickly identify and apply animating principles and craft well-founded judgments
• Criminologists seeking to understand the principles of sentencing and how the Bench approachessentencing issues