Constructive Murder and the Charter: In Search of Principle

A. Wayne MacKay, Isabel Grant, Wayne Mackay

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    Abstract

    This article explores the principle of "constructive" murder and how it interacts with the sentencing and the parties sections of the Criminal Code. The authors re-examine these issues in light of the Charter. They conclude that constructive murder has no place in a post-Charter Canada.

    Original languageCanadian English
    JournalArticles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
    Volume25
    Issue number2
    Publication statusPublished - Jan. 1 1987

    Keywords

    • Criminal Law
    • Constructive Murder
    • Sentencing Principles
    • Criminal Code of Canada
    • Charter of Rights and Freedoms
    • Murder
    • Homicide
    • Section 7

    Disciplines

    • Constitutional Law
    • Criminal Law
    • Law

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