POLS 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Crown Attorney, Supreme Court Act, The Criminals

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3130
• Professor: Kate Puddister

Document Summary

Direct party to a case (litigant in a case: prosecution (r vs. __; r is government, defendant in civil suits (most often they are the defendant, plaintiff in civil suits, reference cases. Indirect party to a case: third party intervener. Most common reason why governments appear in court. Government (the state) represented by the crown attorney: agents of the minister of justice/attorney general. Provincial governments are responsible for the prosecution of most criminal offences: they are responsible for the (cid:498)administration of justice(cid:499, federal government prosecutes all other federal statues aside from the criminal code of canada. Most of these prosecutions are under the controlled drug and substance act: set national standards of what constitutes a crime. But enforcement should be local, represents the community. Some crimes may be prosecuted more vigorously in some provinces compared to others. Each government is represented in court by its attorney general: department of justice canada.