Open AccessCriminal Law Revision in Canada
Author(s) -
Alan W. Mewett
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
alberta law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-8356
pISSN - 0002-4821
DOI - 10.29173/alr1915
Subject(s) - constitution , law , criminal law , criminal responsibility , political science , criminal procedure
The Criminal Law in Canada is clearly in need of revision but the machinery to do so is inadequate. Reform has only been haphazard and made without the assistance of modern criminological studies. The author proposes the establishment of a permanent Criminal Law Revision Committee to solve these problems. He sets out what its constitution and functions should be but emphasizes that it would compliment rather than replace our system of parliamentary responsibility.