POLS 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Family Law, Liquor License, Summary Offence
12 Apr 2017
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S 92 courts: given their power to make and enforce laws in coherence with the constitution, provincial courts which enforce quasi judicial laws. S 96: the courts are run by the province. Administration : but the judges are appointed by the federal government. Specifically the gg: these are superior courts. S 101 courts are exclusive power of the federal government: parliament of canada may provide a general court of appeal, supreme court of canada. Our federal system is still unified: reflective of our division of powers in canada. All cases can be appealed to the scc: this court has most authority and discretion, the scc is not forced to hear any cases. The courts have mostly different but also some overlapping functions: trial courts fact finding. More concerned with legal interpretation the facts are seen as true from lower courts no witnesses. Multiple legal systems and bodies of law.
