POL 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Canadian Jewish Congress
27 Feb 2018
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Judicial decision making process can be affected by: ideology, gender, public opinion, interest groups. Common law precedents bind lower courts and analyze meanings constitution: ex. Bc supreme court found that segregation itself does not meet the bar for cruel and unusual punishment. Bccla can"t provide evidence on this as their case is not about a specific prisoner: ontario superior court of justice. Ccla: segregation for 18-22 year olds meets the ferguson test. Based on the us studies of impact of isolation on 16-17 year olds court unable to apply it to the 18-22 year olds because of age difference. Interveners: interveners can be organizations or individuals; however its very costly and requires expertise and experience which individuals may not have, government: federal and provincial governments have an automatic right to intervene in any constitutional case. Automatic right to make oral argument: non-government: need the permission of scc to intervene submission must be useful and different from other parties.
