POLSCI 3LC3 Lecture 12: Lecture 12
15 Dec 2017
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Be told that there is a proceeding about you: make representations: Orally or in writing: written reasons for decision, disclosure: Crown/prosecution must disclose the basis of their case against the accused: oral hearing, right of cross-examination, right to counsel, legally trained decision maker: Individual who has been trained in some way in the practice of law: full court procedures and rules of evidence: Constitutional history: pretty big debate about the jurisdiction of the jcpc. These decisions acted on our government in such a way that we are constrained by these decisions. Canadian constitution provides far more governmental power than the american system: however, despite this, we have a pretty decentralized government. Judicial federalism: scope of judicial federalism the division of powers in secs 91-92, there are relief valves in the constitution without which the country may have been torn apart. Which government has jurisdiction: citizens" insurance v. parsons (1886) ac 588. Parsons owns a hardware store in orangeville.
