โ{128}{148} Prologue -- One โ{128}{148} Summary Notes on the Criminal Law of Canada -- One โ{128}{148} Introduction -- Two โ{128}{148} Canadian Common Law -- Three โ{128}{148} Dutch Civil Law -- Four โ{128}{148} Legislative Powers in Canada -- Five โ{128}{148} The Judiciary -- Six โ{128}{148} Sources of Canadian Criminal Law -- Seven โ{128}{148} Basic Notions -- Eight โ{128}{148} The Qualifying Factors -- Nine โ{128}{148} The Disqualifying Factors Grounds for Impunity -- Ten โ{128}{148} Negligence -- Eleven โ{128}{148} Causality -- Twelve โ{128}{148} Reasonable Attribution of Liability -- Thirteen โ{128}{148} Criminal Liability -- Two โ{128}{148} On Reasonaple Liability -- One โ{128}{148} Strict Liability -- Two โ{128}{148} Strict Liability in Dutch Criminal Law -- Three โ{128}{148} Some Fictions in Common Law -- Four โ{128}{148} Strict Responsibility and Penal Offences -- Five โ{128}{148} An Aside with Respect to Evidence -- Six โ{128}{148} The Res Ipsa Argument -- Seven โ{128}{148} Justification of Punishment for Negligence -- Eight โ{128}{148} The Case in Favor and Against Strict Responsibility -- Nine โ{128}{148} Separating the Strict from the Absolute -- Ten โ{128}{148} The Halfway House Doctrine -- Eleven โ{128}{148} Due Diligence Before the Courts -- Twelve โ{128}{148} In Defence of Due Diligence -- Thirteen โ{128}{148} The AVAS Defence -- Fourteen โ{128}{148} The Defence of Due Diligence in Canadian Criminal Law -- - Epilogue -- - Samenvatting -- - Footnotes -- Table of Cases -- Common Law Cases -- Dutch Case Law -- Curriculum Vitae