SOC 3730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Supreme Court Of Canada, Supreme Court Act, Provincial Superior

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3730
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

Charter and the cases arising from it have reinforced these structural and institutional changes and made the judges far more independent and autonomous. Provincial superior court judges are federally appointed and paid. Third principle: provincial superior appeal courts review the decisions of the lower" courts within the province. All parties are entitled to appeal the first trial determination of a case. 1974 supreme court act was amended to give the court more effective control over its own docket. Annual supreme court caseload is about 100 cases. 85% of those are appeals from the provincial courts of appeal. The constitutional basis of judicial authority section 101 gives the parliament of canada the power to provide for the constitution, maintenance and organization of a general court of appeal for. Questions people bring to trial courts have to do with legal rights, and claims.