Most legal research should begin with a search for textbooks on the topic.
Textbooks are written by experts in a particular field, and can cover broad topics such as criminal law.
However, there may also be books written about more specific areas such as "criminal procedure" or "criminal evidence" or sentencing.
Includes primary sources, commentary, court documents, forms and precedents. Full text source for Canadian law resources. Includes the Canadian Abridgement Digests and Canadian Encyclopedic Digest; cases (reported and unreported), commentary, legislation, and journal articles. Also includes robust collection of US law. Windsor Law users are provided with a password for this product.
The U Windsor Law Library does not have all books! We have many to choose from.
Students working in international or comparative law, or who are working as a Research Assistant, should consider using WORLDCAT as a secondary search after searching within the library catalogue.
Any books listed in WORLDCAT can be requested via interlibrary loan.
See below for a selection of books on criminal procedure as well.
A Guide to Conducting Bail Hearings in Canada by 
Understanding Bail in Canada by 
Canadian Charter of Rights Annotated by 
Canadian Charter of Rights: The Prosecution and Defence of Criminal and Other Statutory Offences by 
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms by 
Charter Justice in Canadian Criminal Law by 
Canadian Constitutional Law by 
Criminal Law by 
Learning Canadian Criminal Law by 
The Practitioner's Criminal Code 2023 by 
Annotated Ontario Rules of Criminal Practice 2023 by 
Criminal Procedure in Canada by 
Criminal Procedure by 
Mack's Criminal Law Trial Book by 
Ethics and Criminal Law by 
Criminal Law Evidence, Practice and Procedure by 
Digital Evidence by 
Inadmissibility and Remedies by 
The Law of Evidence in Canada by 
The Practical Guide to Evidence and Proof in Criminal Cases by 
Law of Search and Seizure in Canada by 
The Practitioner's Criminal Precedents by 
Sentencing: Principles and Practice by 
Sentencing: The Practitioner's Guide by 
The Law of Sentencing by 
