POLS 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: O. J. Simpson, Entertainment Law, Victims Family
14 May 2017
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Civil law: a lot of pretrial activity, trying to resolve dispute before going to a judge before, plaintiff and defendant, not the crown and accused, burden of proof is lower. Features of the canadian civil justice system: decentralized system-varies from jurisdiction, different sets of rules for each jurisdiction, often solved through lower courts. Most cases resolved by provincial courts: diversity of parties. Groups could involve: organizations, unions, business, individual: importance of negotiation. Vast majority (over 90%) of cases end in settlement: access to justice a concern. In able to have a meaningful trial/ lawyer, it is extremely expensive and time consuming: power and accountability. Scope and substance of civil law: lawyers specialize in either a subject area of law: International law: or, lawyers specialize in a field/type of law. Property and real estate: governed by statutes or common law rules, many types of civil disputes are diverted out of the system.
