POLS 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Supreme Court Act, Provincial And Territorial Courts In Canada, Norm-Referenced Test

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 211
• Professor: Jessica Moreilli

Document Summary

Current events: robin camp was appointed to the federal court in june. Rape shield laws limit evidence of past sexual conduct, establish consent as ongoing, among other things. Section 92. 14: provincial courts of civil and public law: section 101: federal power to create courts for federal administration of law. Judicial committee of privy council (aka jcpc, aka the a(cid:272)ro(cid:374)y(cid:373) i (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t ever remember) Constitutional: sec 96- federal power to appoint judges, age limit is 75 and fixed salary, provincial court judges are from the provincial bar. Conventions: regional balance in supreme and federal courts. Statutory: supreme court act, 1985 3 judges from quebec, judicial advisory committee (established in 1988) Any person may be appointed a judge who is or has been a judge of a superior court of a province or a barrister or advocate of at least ten years standing at the bar of a province.