TY - JOUR
T1 - State-Induced Error of Law, Criminal Liability and Dunn v. The Queen: A Recent Non-Development in Criminal Law
AU - Arnold, Terence
PY - 1978/2/1
Y1 - 1978/2/1
N2 - Like other contributors to this Nova Scotia issue of the Law Journal I was asked to comment upon any interesting developments, whether in cases or legislation, that had occurred in a particular area of law, in my case criminal law, since the time of the last "round-up". 1 When I began I intended to do as I had been asked; and there were, indeed, a number of matters which I felt to be worthy of comment. 2 1 was waylaid, however. I came across a case in which the Appeal Division of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court took a position which so strongly offended my "sense of injustice" that I abandoned my former efforts and decided to focus on the issues which the Court's position raises. The decision to which I refer is Dunn v. The Queen;3 the position which I will analyze concerns mistake of law.
AB - Like other contributors to this Nova Scotia issue of the Law Journal I was asked to comment upon any interesting developments, whether in cases or legislation, that had occurred in a particular area of law, in my case criminal law, since the time of the last "round-up". 1 When I began I intended to do as I had been asked; and there were, indeed, a number of matters which I felt to be worthy of comment. 2 1 was waylaid, however. I came across a case in which the Appeal Division of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court took a position which so strongly offended my "sense of injustice" that I abandoned my former efforts and decided to focus on the issues which the Court's position raises. The decision to which I refer is Dunn v. The Queen;3 the position which I will analyze concerns mistake of law.
KW - Error of law
KW - state-induced
KW - criminal liability
KW - injustice
KW - mistake of law
UR - https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/dlj/vol4/iss2/8
UR - https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1244&context=dlj
M3 - Article
JO - Dalhousie Law Journal
JF - Dalhousie Law Journal
ER -