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The Supreme Court Of Canada And The Doctrines Of Mens Rea, Paul C. Weiler

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My objective in this study is two-fold. First, I want to examine the decision-making operations of the Supreme Court in the period 1949-1969 by analyzing the reasons and votes in a sequence of related cases. Second, I want to present a critical review of the doctrinal pattern which has emerged in Canadian law in the field in which I have chosen to assess the work of the court. The family of legal problems which I have singled out involve the various excuses to criminal conviction for prohibited conduct -defences which flow from the lack of mens rea, responsibility, or blameworthiness. …