POLS 2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Family Law, Provincial Superior, Alimony

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2140
• Professor: Emmanuelle Richez

Document Summary

**look at lecture objectives: compare the historical backgrounds, jurisdiction, structure and workload of each type pf. Canadian court: to determine if canada has a unified, dual or hierarchical court system*, the judicial structure, section 92*, section 96*, section 101 courts*, the supreme court of canada. Before 1967, the colonies that formed modern canada already had a judicial system in place. It"s also unified, its integrated provincial laws: criminal code is a federal law but provincial courts will hear cases based on a criminal code and hear cases based on municipal by laws like parking infractions. Provincial laws based on speeding: the supreme court of canada is multi-diverse. It is provincial but can hear cases from anywhere. It is unified but also integrated: the decisions of the supreme court are binding on every court, lower courts cannot go against a precedent that was set by the supreme courts.