POLI 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, Negative And Positive Rights, Provincial And Territorial Courts In Canada
5 Mar 2018
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Court system: canada is a federation and laws are divided between two levels of government. Criminal law depends on the federal government. Civil law depends on the provincial governments. 4 levels of court: provincial lower courts, provincial superior courts, provincial appeals courts, the supreme court. Provincial court: handles most cases like criminal offences, financial disputes, family matters, traffic and preliminary inquiries. Superior courts: handle the more serious criminal and civil cases as well as divorce. Supreme court: presides over the whole canadian justice system. Deals with the difficult questions of law. Appoints: judges in the superior court, appeals court and supreme. Ideally, the judiciary should be independent from the other branches of gov. Judges cannot be sued for what they say in the courtroom. They have strong job security; guaranteed job until 75. Financial security; gov. can"t penalize judges on how they rule in cases. Court decided which judge will preside over a case.
