LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Youth Criminal Justice Act, Active Listening, David Milgaard
5 Apr 2016
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Complex system organized according to federal and provincial division of power, their jurisdiction and place in the hierarchy. 3 important provisions of the 1867 constitution act afect the organization of courts: section 92 (1) gives to provinces as prior to their entry in. Jurisdiction is what the courts have power over. Foundation to the rule of law, the judges only have power and jurisdiction over what they"ve been appointed. Cant do whatever they want based on the rule of law. In sum, jurisdiction in canada can be deined by: the law to be administered, division between civil and criminal matters, geographically, according to the amount of money at stake (or value) Each province has jurisdiction over the administration of justice, and is responsible for the creation for designing its own court system : structure: We can see a four-level division of inferior, superior and two appeal courts : problem:
