POLS 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Trial Division
17 Nov 2018
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France civil system professional model: civil servants like any other (except for constitutional court, separate schools for judges. Britain common law adjudicatory model: selection from pool of experienced barristers (previously by lord chancellor), recent changes nominating commission. Us democratic input model: federal judges (presidential nomination, senate confirmation. , state judges (generally committee system with confirmation vote, some direct election). s. 92 selection. Until the 1990s, in most provinces judges were appointed by attorney-general (minister of. Justice) or premier: patronage played a large role in the appointment process, allegations of patronage continue to a lesser degree, l"affaire bellemare. The judiciary of the ontario court of justice should be reasonably representative of the population it serves. This requires overcoming the under- representation in the judicial complement of women, visible, cultural, and racial minorities. s. 96 selection: evolution. Who were these people: 82. 5% men, 17. 5% women (40/ 228, 45% of the appointees had been 20-30 years" experience, 60% came from private law firms.
