Brown (history, U. of Alberta) documents the evolution of the Canadian Criminal Code, largely through previously unpublished sources of the most important legislative initiatives that laid the foundation of the Canadian justice system and marked its departure from the legal traditions of England. He traces the history of the Code from its inception in 1888 to the legislation of 1892, and provides a thematic analysis, considering the content of the bill, the changes it made in both substantive and procedural law, and the amendments made in response to its circulation to the public and by Justice Minister Sir John Thompson's joint committee of the House and Senate. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR