POLI 343 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Trial Division, Supreme Court Act
28 Jan 2017
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Public-initiated disputes: started by a public institution (claimant) usually the government or one of its agencies, done for the purposes of upholding laws and norms in legislations and regulatory frameworks. Public-defendant disputes: public institutions are being held to account for some kind of bad behaviour. Private or another public institution is seeking to uphold government"s own code of conduct. If a concerned member of the public goes after another individual or organization that is violating governmental laws, it is not a private dispute but a public-defendant dispute. Seek to better administration of the laws of canada. Exist at the provincial level, but are mixed jurisdiction courts because they are paid for and funded by the federal government and their justices are appointed by the federal government. Exist at both provincial and federal level, they have a trial court level which in some provinces is known as the court of queen"s bench e. g. alberta.
