Sociology 2260A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Small Claims Court, Justifiable Homicide, United States Territorial Court
12 Dec 2017
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Dispute categories: public defendant dispute, government participates as a defendant. Include claims that government has not followed its own rules or followed procedures that it has prescribed: example, charter violations on behalf of the government (cid:862)ga(cid:455) marriage legalized i(cid:374) o(cid:374)tario(cid:863) cbc player. Organization of courts: provincial and territorial courts. Family law, child support, adoption: youth justice. Family law cases divorce (b/c marriage is a federal legislation: all provinces have their own provincial and territorial courts and superior courts except. Nunavut: provincial and territorial courts of appeal, each province has their own, review cases of lower courts, arguments given to 3 panel judges. Supreme court of canada: highest court, court of last resort, administrative cases, civil law, criminal cases, constitutional cases, not automatically granted to have your case heard at scc, must apply for a right or lead to appeal. Litigants; disputants: one-shotter those who use the court occasionally, repeat players engage in court repeatedly w/in short period of time.
