POL 4134 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms, John Diefenbaker, Cooperative Federalism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 4134
• Professor: Roger Rickwood

Document Summary

Pol4134 politics, law, and the constitution in canada. Lecture #2: the court system and the judicial branch of government. The constitutional court structure that we had preserved the system of the superior court and the court of appeal (found in the provinces) The federal government appointed people to these provincial courts in an effort to control and standardize the system. 3 provinces in 1864 when the process began. The supreme court wasn"t considered much at the time the us had a supreme. Court, but it wasn"t needed at the time because they had the judicial committee of the privy council (jcpc) Before 1875 no supreme court; but there was a section 102 that made provisions for a court of appeal like the supreme court. 1875 supreme court established, judges appointed by the federal government, but not a lot of power was given to the supreme court.