POL 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Beverley Mclachlin
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Duplicates a series of courts like federal system. Precedent - some courts tell lower courts what to do. Lower courts are bound by what the higher court said. Each level of government set up own courts. Section 101 = gave parliament the ability to get federal courts. S. 92 - gives provinces ability to create courts and appoint judges. 2. 96 - courts are created by provincial and sits in provincial system. Provincial courts do not have complete control. Judges are appointed and paid for by the federal. Mcdonald - big moves in constitutional negotiation. We did not want federal, but conceded to bring in francophone.