POLS 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Appeal, Youth Criminal Justice Act, Supreme Court Act
20 Sep 2017
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Tuesday september 19th 2017 lecture 2 structure of the judiciary. Structure of canadian judiciary: the courts that we are looking at in this class are: provincial courts of appeal, federal courts of appeal, provincial/territorial superior courts, the federal court, the provincial court, and the supreme court of canada. Courts based on three provisions: constitution act 1867 (bna act, section 92, section 96, section 101. Lower or provincial courts: constituted, maintained, and organized by provinces and under, appointed by provinces. Illegal betting: except most serious (murder, sedition, war crimes, offences under (federal) youth criminal justice act. In all: over 95% of trials for federal offences. Note: shared criminal jurisdiction: small claims, criminal division, family division, and juvenile division are shared between the section 92 provincial court and the section 96 superior court of justice. Federal court of canada: established in 1971, federal court (trails, federal court of appeal (appeals)
