POLS 3130 Lecture 7: POLS Lecture 7.docx
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Supreme court consists of a chief justice and 8 puisne judges. Judges are promoted from the superior courts (s. 96) or you have to be a barrister for at least 10 years (they are all appellate judges before they can become a supreme. Go over the legislation of the supreme court: http://laws-lois. justice. gc. ca/eng/acts/s- Scc has original jurisdiction over reference cases from the federal government. Main link for the supreme court of canada: http://www. scc-csc. gc. ca/ar-lr/index-eng. asp. Docket control allows scc to control their agenda. Appeal by right you get to the scc no matter what scc thinks of your case. Such cases include cases in criminal law where an acquittal is over turned or where the judge of court of appeal dissented on the question of law. Appeals with leave of supreme court: 40. (1) subject to subsection (3), an appeal lies to the.