CRIM 135 Lecture Notes - Judicial Independence, Canadian Bar Association, Law Society
8 Apr 2013
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Topic #7 the court system: the structure of canada"s court system. May hear has permission, not exclusive tho. Shared jurisdiction with bc sc one can choose to go. Bc pc or bc sc (iii) family & youth. Eg same sex marriage violation of section 15 (c) general features appeal court of all of canada. The distinction between trial courts and appellate courts: trial courts. Decision maker is one judge, sometimes judge+jury in superior trial court. They must deal with evidence and use it to figure out facts: three types: Real evidence physical tangible evidence, eg murder weapon. Documentary evidence documents that records information eg paper, photographs, data files we care about what is on it . Judge interpret and apply law to a given case. Lawyers making argument base upon statues, precedents, etc. Criminal trial - crown (initiates case) vs accused/defendant respond to case. Civil trial - plaintiff (initiates) vs defendant: appeal courts.
